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SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide

You're reading from  SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462541
Pages 434 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface 1. Setting up SQL Server 2017 2. Keeping Your SQL Server Environment Healthy 3. Backup and Recovery 4. Securing Your SQL Server 5. Disaster Recovery Options 6. Indexing and Performance 7. Troubleshooting SQL Server Environment and Internals 8. Migration and Upgrade 9. Automation - Using Tools to Manage and Monitor SQL Server 2017 10. Always On High Availability Features 11. In-Memory OLTP - Why and How to Use it 12. Combining SQL Server 2017 with Azure

Summary

In this chapter, we have looked at two main features for high availability available with SQL Server 2017. As both Always On Availability Groups and Always On Failover Cluster Instances are dependent on the Windows Server feature WSFC, we went through the initial configuration of the failover cluster. As the failover cluster topic itself is quite complex, we have deployed a simple cluster with basic options. Usually, in large-scale environments, there will be a dedicated team to fully deploy and configure the cluster for the database administrator.

The Failover Cluster Instances are an older approach, based on a shared storage; they require more complex cluster configuration. In business continuity planning, you need to consider your options for high availability at the storage and network level, too, since from an SQL Server and cluster perspective, shared storage can...

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