What's the Quarantine state in Windows Failover Clusters
In this article we cover why Windows Failover Cluster nodes can go into a quarantined state, how to resolve this as well as how to set threshold values for this cluster node state.
2021-02-08
Clustering
Preferred Node Policy-Setting on Traditional SQL Cluster
Preferred node setting facilitates instances on traditional cluster to be on the correct nodes which will lead to load-balancing of the resources.
2017-02-02
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Change the Collation Setting for Clustered SQL Server 2014 Instance
In this post I will show a procedure to change collation settings of SQL Server 2014 cluster instance.
2016-11-24
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SQL Server Restart or Cluster Failover Notification
How to create an automatic SQL restart or failover notification.
2018-06-22 (first published: 2015-12-10)
10,132 reads
How to Add a Drive as a Clustered Physical Disk Resource in Windows
This article is covers how to add a drive as a Clustered Physical Disk Resource in Windows 2003.
2015-11-09
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2015-07-17
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Managing MaxMemory Values on an Active-Active Two Node Cluster
How to manage your MaxMemory values on an Active-Active two node cluster.
2013-10-24
3,912 reads
Error during installation of an SQL server Failover Cluster Instance
A common issue I've run into while helping with SQL Server Failover Cluster (FCI) installations is the failure of the Network Name. In the following post I'll discuss a bit of background, the common root cause, and how to resolve it.
2013-10-16
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Monitor SQL Instance Balance across Windows Cluster Nodes Using PowerShell
This tip will demonstrate how to monitor SQL Failover Cluster Instances if they become unbalanced using Windows PowerShell.
2013-05-03
2,597 reads
Migration Guide: Migrating to SQL Server 2012 Failover Clustering and Availability Groups from Prior Clustering and Mirroring Deployments
This paper provides guidance for customers who prior to SQL Server 2012 have deployed SQL Failover Clustering for local high availability and database mirroring for disaster recovery, and who want to migrate to SQL Server AlwaysOn. It describes the corresponding SQL Server AlwaysOn scenario and the migration paths to SQL Server AlwaysOn. It also contains the important knowledge and considerations that you must know in order to successfully migrate to a HADR solution based on SQL Server AlwaysOn technology, which implements AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances for high availability and AlwaysOn Availability Groups for disaster recovery.
2012-04-13
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Estimated Rows
I have two calls to the GENERATE_SERIES TVF in this code:
SELECT TOP 10 gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 10) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE); go DECLARE @a int = 10; SELECT TOP (@a) gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, @a) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE);In the actual query plans, what is the estimated number of rows for each batch? See possible answers