• If automatic failover's required then your only option (of the ones listed) is mirroring. Replication provides neither a failover mechanism nor a fail back. Logshipping the failover is manual.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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