If it is a first time you are deploying the SQL Server 2005 on a SAN, then there are few things you need to be considered that will be raised by installations that are either deploying SQL Server for the first time or are upgrading to SAN from direct attach storage. The important factors such as virtualization...
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One of the recent usergroup meeting brought an interesting question that "what type of hardware I need for a RAID-5 Shared Array for SQL Server Cluster"? By default RAID5 hardware controller is best to hold as not to go with software RAID5 as it will be single-point-of-failure. When you talk...
Backup and restore practices are at the core of today's best business continuity plans. While backup and restore provides many benefits, it simultaneously presents a variety of challenges with lost data, the time it takes to restore data, and the costs of restoring lost data. This web seminar will...