Job hunting sucks.. But I will say that having a job makes it easier to find a job and gives you options.

In the past I had some interviews like...

Yes, I mean SAN-required clustering.

There...

So OCONUS is out.. ok..

CEWII

Ok, makes more sense..

You need to make sure that you have enough memory left over for all instances to be running on the same node which is the reason for...

sturner (9/28/2011)

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It is not uncommon for companies to hire on a temporary basis until they determine if you are competent. I don't blame them, why should they be penalized for...

sickpup (9/28/2011)

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Hmmm... ok, let me phrase it this way.

If our primary concern is having the ability to failover to a different database server in the event of a problem, but...

rummings (9/28/2011)

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We are running an Active/Active SQL Server Cluster. There are three instances on each node of the Cluster. Each node has 16 GB of memory. We are planning on...

GilaMonster (9/28/2011)

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No. In a cluster, the inactive node is not running, that's why it's inactive.

How are you doing a cluster with local storage? If it's not a SAN, there can't...

What caught my eye was "Named Pipes Provider:".. What communication protocols do these 8 servers have enabled. Do the other 22 have a different setup. Also are...

So this is one of the special configurations using the Quorum Mode: "Node and File Share Majority"? I assume you have the "shared" disks mirrored.

Like a regular cluster you...

You are very welcome..

CEWII

Mike C (9/27/2011)

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It does depend, and on a lot more factors than we've covered here so far. I'm not familiar with your apps but note there is a difference between...

So it sounds like you have 3 instances. 1 for each and a common instance. It also sounds like you have the individual instances locked down generally appropriately. ...

Mike C (9/27/2011)

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Elliott Whitlow (9/27/2011)

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Mike C (9/24/2011)

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* If you are going to stay with the current methodology (50 threads pounding the same table with SELECT ... INSERT) simultaneously then you're...

I like Derrick's answer, you get what you need, separation, while still maintaining the ability to reshuffle as needed.

I only want to point out this is not the...