A step-by-step guide to using SAN-less failover clustering software to support SQL Server’s Always On Failover Clustering in the public cloud The thing about clouds is that they can change shape even ...

We have a problem with our Hyper-v Failover Cluster.Failover Cluster gives me MSDTC error. I am receiving the following these errors. Cluster resource 'DTC' in ...

Unfortunately, when I tried to configure failover clustering with Windows Server 2008, the initial clustering verification test and installation failed indicating that Windows Server 2008 could not ...

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 ...

I have a bit strange situation, detailed bellow. Setup is two node failover cluster with Server 2012R2 installed on both nodes and SQL server 2012sp1 is running as clustered service. Everything is ...

Redis is an open-source, in-memory database that offers plenty of features and more than enough performance to power your enterprise-level app or service. Recently, I wrote about deploying Redis on a ...

The trickiest thing about making a stretched cluster work with Hyper-V is getting the underlying storage to work properly. Although Hyper-V can easily function on a standalone server (or even on a ...

The trickiest thing about making a stretched cluster work with Hyper-V is getting the underlying storage to work properly. Although Hyper-V can easily function on a standalone server (or even on a ...

A new service that leverages Microsoft’s Azure cloud for large-scale extended storage could enable more, and perhaps smaller, businesses to host their own applications in a hybrid cloud configuration.

I’m a huge fan of server virtualization for mixed purpose hosting. It’s not a perfect fit for every situation but it’s very versatile. The portability of guest operating systems adds some level of ...