Unfortunately, when I tried to configure failover clustering with Windows Server 2008, the initial clustering verification test and installation failed indicating that Windows Server 2008 could not ...

As I'm preparing to deploy a new 2-node SQL Server 2014 Standard failover cluster, I'm considering what would be the best way to set up its storage. For the reference, the OS will be Windows Server ...

A new update for Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 allows shared block storage in storage area networks with the use of iSCSI Protocol. The new Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is the first ...

One of the really great things about Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is that it removes the requirement for shared storage. Microsoft recommends the use of a cluster shared volume ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

One of the main sticking points with learning Hyper-V is getting your head around the Clustered Shared Volumes technique to provide .VHD files on a SAN to multiple Hyper-V hosts. The CSV technique is ...

In just over a year, Microsoft went from having basically no real enterprise-class server virtualization technology to one that is at par and has VMware scared and running. Back in the middle of 2008, ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Those of you with Windows file servers running on vSphere, how do you provision the data volumes assuming you don't want to use VMFS? I'm struggling to find a significant reason either way to go with ...