One of the really great things about Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is that it removes the requirement for shared storage. Microsoft recommends the use of a cluster shared volume ...

The chapter includes; the new features associated with failover clustering for both SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, it then covers step-by-steps on implementing a two node single instance ...

So last night I was building a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster in a virtual environment with Windows Server 2008 on the free version of VMware Server. When building clusters on VMware, I typically ...

One of the main sticking points with learning Hyper-V is getting your head around the Clustered Shared Volumes technique to provide .VHD files on a SAN to multiple Hyper-V hosts. The CSV technique is ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft has done a 180-degree turn and decided to ...

Hyper-V R2 now supports a maximum of 1,000 virtual machines (VMs) in a cluster. Previously, in May, the hypervisor just supported a total of 960 VMs per cluster. A cluster can be defined as a grouping ...

Failover clustering is an upsell in Microsoft server operating systems. Users must buy Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition, to get ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

Microsoft announced earlier this month that failover cluster support using Hyper-V R2 has gotten a boost. Hyper-V R2 now supports a maximum of 1,000 virtual machines (VMs) in a cluster. Previously, in ...