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  • November 23, 2011 at 10:02 am

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    In 2008 a mirroring setup can only have one principal and one mirror. End of story.

    SQL 2012 (Denali) has AlwaysOn which allows for multiple active replicas. This is a new feature, it's not an enhancement to mirroring, SQL 2012 will still have the old mirroring feature as well

    Gail Shaw
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