Ever since I started working on projects involving SQL Server Availability Groups back in 2012, the most common issues I’ve come across with have nothing to do with SQL Server. After my presentation on Architecting SQL Server Availability Groups at the Seacoast SQL Server User Group in New Hampshire, someone approached me to share a […]
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 […]
We’ve all followed successful people – rockstars, entrepreneurs, public figures, Hollywood actors, even geeks like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. I’m sure you’re like me, intrigued as to what made them really successful so you can emulate what they did. You think they’re smart, really creative, gifted, rich, etc. Maybe they had a good education, […]
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 […]