CPU issues have long been the bane of database and system administrators. I have worked on enterprise databases since the mid-1980s and seen three significant eras for CPU architecture and ...

Failover Policy for Failover Cluster Instances [!INCLUDE SQL Server] In a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] failover cluster instance (FCI), only one node can own the Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Minimized Downtime: Your applications stay online even during hardware failures or maintenance. Automatic Failover: If one node fails, another takes over with minimal disruption. Data Protection: ...