Geographically Dispersed Clustering : SQL

SQL Strikes Again

John Toner — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:05:00 GMT

I learned today that SQL 2008 will actually not install by default in many multi-site cluster solutions. Why? Well, during the SQL 2008 installation, it runs through a Configuration Checker where one of the tests the environment to ensure that the cluster...(read more)

SQL 2008 Team - Please Add multi-subnet support!

John Toner — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:58:00 GMT

I was informed that feedback for Microsoft product groups should be done through the http://connect.microsoft.com page. So I've submitted a request to add support for clusters running multiple subnets here: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer...(read more)

SQL 2008

John Toner — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:44:00 GMT

One of the great new features of Windows 2008 Failover Clustering is the removal of the "same subnet" restriction. This is a huge feature for multi-site clusters as I personally know of several customers that did not implement a multi-site cluster...(read more)