clustering

Assuming that you completed the steps described in the previous installment of this article, you are now ready to begin the installation of SQL Server 2000. The following list outlines the basic steps involved in creating a failover cluster. Unlike the clustering of Exchange Server, where the virtual server is created after the installation of […]

A SQL virtual server is the equivalent of a cluster resource group. If a resource within a virtual server fails, the entire group and all of its resources failover to the second cluster node. Each SQL virtual server must contain the following:

A Disk resource (each virtual server requires its own disk volume)
A Network Name resource
An […]

To increase its availability, SQL 2000 supports failover clustering, which means that processing can automatically switch between cluster nodes if one fails. For a corporation, this means that in the event of failure, database services can quickly be restored. As with Exchange, certain components of SQL Server are supported in failover clustering. The supported components […]