Do *not* place TEMPDB on a local disk in a SQL failover cluster

What happens with tempdb on a local disk in a cluster? Read on to see that you will not get a failover if the local disk fails

Steps for Installing AlwaysOn Availability Groups - SQL 2019

With SQL Server 2012 Microsoft introduced the AlwaysOn Availability Group feature, and since then many changes and improvements have been made.  This article is an update to another article, and will cover the prerequisites and steps for installing AlwaysOn in your SQL Server 2019 environment. Prerequisites Before implementing your AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG), make sure […]

Non AG Aware

Make SQL Server Agent Jobs HADR Aware

Introduction Always On Availability Groups (AGs/AG...

Enabling Container Availability Groups

Availability Groups with Docker Containers

Build a SQL Server AlwaysOn environment with docker

Configuring Availability Groups in Ubuntu

In this article, we will review how to configure Always On Availability Groups in Ubuntu Server using the Pacemaker cluster. The following are the high-level steps to configure Always On Availability Groups (AOAG) with an Ubuntu server. Install SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 Install Pacemaker agents and configure the cluster Create Always On Availability Groups Create […]

Have You Deployed an Availability Group?

Learning about the Availability Group technology can be valuable for your career. Today Steve asks if you've deployed one, and if not, perhaps you want to try.

What's the Cost of an Hour?

Outages can be expensive, and today Steve asks if you know just how expensive they are for your organization.

DR Priority

Today Steve asks about HA and DR. What compromises and choices do you make in your environment and how do you ensure your clients can get to their data.