This is Part 2 of a series on Always On and FCI integration in SQL Server. In this article we will learn how to add the iSCSI disk storage to our SQL Server nodes and build the cluster.
2024-08-01 (first published: 2014-03-06)
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Part 3 of the AO and FCI integration series. This article gets SQL Server configured on the nodes and ready for work.
2024-08-01 (first published: 2014-04-03)
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In level 4 of the stairway to AlwaysOn we look at creating a Windows Server Failover Cluster.
2024-08-01 (first published: 2014-12-10)
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In Level 5 of this stairway, we help you understand and deploy a Failover Cluster Instance (FCI).
2024-08-01 (first published: 2015-02-11)
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Learn how to get a Failover Cluster Instance set up and configured with Windows and SQL Server. This is part of a series showing how to combine a Failover Cluster Instance of SQL Server with an Always On availability group.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2014-02-10)
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This is Part 4 of a series on Always On and FCI integration in SQL Server. In this article we will learn how to add the iSCSI disk storage to our SQL Server nodes and build the cluster.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2014-05-20)
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Level 1 of the stairway looks at exactly what the technologies "Always On", "Failover Cluster Instance" (FCI) and "Windows Server Failover Cluster" are. We'll look at each in detail and summarize where in the High Availability stack they sit.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2014-09-24)
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In this new level of the stairway, we examine the storage knowledge you need for an Always On configuration.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2014-10-01)
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In this next level of the Stairway to Always On, we will look at the components required to implement a Windows Server Failover Cluster.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2014-10-29)
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In level 6 of this stairway, we will look deeper into Availability Groups and how to set them up along with a Listener.
2024-07-23 (first published: 2015-03-25)
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