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A Database Mirroring Checklist
I just spent the week talking with 3 different customers about high availability (HA) for their SQL Server environment. In each case, we debated the merits, benefits, costs and architectures of...
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Cool Features in SQL Server Denali HADR
If you haven’t been following the slowly oozing information spigot from the next SQL Server version, code name project “Denali”, then you may not be familiar with some really cool, new features...
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SQL Server 2012: What is “Always On” ??
This is not meant to be a posting to describe the details of the new SQL Server Always On High Availability (HA) capabilities. You can go here for a nice overview from Andrew Fryar’s blog. What I want...
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Quick Note on Always On Availability Groups Performance in SQL Server 2012
It’s still early in the lifecycle of SQL Server 2012 (heck, we just RTM’d 2 weeks ago and not yet GA!) but some of the whitepapers, best practices, guidance, etc. are starting to flow out and I’ll make...
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups In Action
I think of SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups as both high availability and scale-out database. This is because you can identify multiple secondary servers in your Availability Group that can...
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