When asked about best practices on running multiple SQL Server failover clustered instances (FCI) on a multi-node Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC,) a common response from SQL Server experts might include the following: appropriately allocating enough hardware resources on all of the nodes in the WSFC appropriately configuring maximum server memory settings per SQL Server FCI […]
This week, I had the amazing opportunity to do a webcast for the PASS High Availability and Disaster Recovery Virtual Chapter covering the five things that you need to consider when deploying SQL Server Failover Clustered Instances (FCI) and Availability Group (AG) replicas in a Disaster Recovery Site. I’ve written several blog posts about this topic and have […]
And the registration is now OPEN! I’m excited to re-open limited-time registration for my online course Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for the Smart SQL Server DBA course. Head on over to the main site. Registration for this course will only be available from 23-October 10:00 AM Eastern time to 29-October-2017 10:00 PM Eastern time. After that, you […]
While working on the video ad for my online course Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for the Smart SQL Server DBA, I couldn’t help but take stock of the different skills I had acquired throughout my lifetime to come up with the final result. started playing piano at 5 learned how to play guitar at 11 […]
The Windows Server Failover Clustering for the Smart SQL Server DBA course was created in an attempt to help SQL Server DBAs and server administrators responsible for SQL Server Failover Clustered Instances (FCI) become more confident in what they do. This idea dawned on me as I was talking to customers who are unnecessarily spending money on hardware that […]