Richard and I talk to Allan Hirt about failover clustering in SQL Server 2008. SQL Server got a major update in the clustering side of things for 2008, Allan talks about the changes, improvements and why you’d want to do this in the first place. Check out an alpha version of Allan’s book here.

Allan Hirt has been using SQL Server in various guises since 1992. For the past ten years, he has been consulting, training, developing content, speaking at events, and authoring books, whitepapers, and articles related to SQL Server architecture, high availability, administration, and more. His upcoming book Pro SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering (Apress) is due to be published in the spring of 2009. He has also authored various articles for SQL Server Magazine. Before forming Megahirtz in 2007, he most recently worked for both Microsoft and Avanade, and still continues to work closely with Microsoft on various projects including contributing to the recently published SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide. He can be contacted through his Web site.