Perry Whittle


Stairway to AlwaysOn

Stairway to Always On Level 1: What is "SQL Server Always On"?

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.

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