SQL Server 2012 High Availability and Editions: Basic vs. Advanced
It was hard to miss the licensing and edition announcements for SQL Server 2012 yesterday. This post won’t touch on those too much. Others (such as Denny Cherry’s blog post or Geoff Hiten’s blog post...
View ArticleWill SQL Server 2012′s Availability Groups Replace Clustered Instances?
Happy Monday, everyone! SQL Server 2012 is right around the corner, and it’s a release that is right up my alley in the mission critical space with features like availability groups (AGs) as well as...
View ArticleDatabase Mirroring Deprecated as of SQL Server 2012
Until now, Microsoft has not said much about the future of database mirroring post-SQL Server 2012. With the introduction of AlwaysOn availability groups, it didn’t make sense to have two very similar...
View ArticleAllan’s AlwaysOn Availability Groups FAQ
I’ve been working with the new AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AGs) feature for quite a long time now. As of late, I’m doing more and more SQL Server 2012 talks as well as consulting work and I figured...
View ArticleNew Hotfix for Availability Groups for W2K8 R2 Deployments
Just a quick note – MS just released a Windows hotfix for AlwaysOn availability groups (AGs) that improves failover times if your deployment is using Windows Server 2008 R2 for the Windows failover...
View ArticleThe Importance of Connect Item 636516
Happy Friday everyone! This one is a quick blog post. There’s an Microsoft Connect item out there – 636516 to be exact – that you guys should go vote for. What is it and why should you care? Read on …...
View ArticleSo What’s on the Dance Card?
It looks like the next few months are going to be busier than ever. I feel like I should be asking “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?”, but substituting either my name or Ben’s in. Besides our...
View ArticleWhen Is It Time To Stop Using a Deprecated Feature?
Twitter conversations can sometimes lead to interesting things. Jonathan Kehayias (Blog | Twitter) and I were going back and forth about something, and in some cases, how we differ on how we teach...
View ArticleWinding Up the Events and Appearances for 2012
It’s a rainy Tuesday here in Massachusetts, but that isn’t dampening my spirits. Ben and I have quite a bit going on besides our customer work. The good news is that you can catch us live (and...
View ArticleMission Critical SQL Server 2012: A Book Update
Can you believe it’s been almost four years since the publication of Pro SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering (Apress; Print | Kindle | PDF) and six since Pro SQL Server 2005 High Availability (Apress;...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Is the New Active/Passive and Active/Active
Congratulations, folks! It’s official – as I predicted with in my Availability Groups FAQ just over a year ago, the term AlwaysOn has now become the new active/passive and active/active and annoys me...
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WSFC’s Dynamic Witness in Windows Server 2012 R2
As I noted in a previous blog post “Windows Server 2012 R2 for the DBA: 10 Reasons It Matters”, Windows Server 2012 R2 introduces a new quorum concept: dynamic witness. In fact, the whole notion of...
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Allan’s Mission Critical SQL Server Book Ordering Information and FAQ
Good news! My book is finally available for preorder here. Below you’ll find all of the information you need about it. And if this doesn’t answer your questions, post a comment or contact us. 1. Why...
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Ending August With A Bang
Can you believe it is nearly September? As we head into Labor Day weekend here in the USA, I was thinking about August and realized that it is always a big month for me – especially this year. First...
View ArticleChicago Mission Critical SQL Server Class – Grab Your Seat Today!
Hello everyone. Now that I’m back from Australia after two very successful weeks in Melbourne and Sydney delivering my Mission Critical class, I am putting the final bow on preparation for the Chicago...
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Taking Training to the Next Level
It’s just about two weeks since my preconference session “The A to Z of Availability Groups” at PASS Summit 2014. Although the event was just one day, it was nearly nine months in the making and almost...
View ArticleUpcoming SQL Server Training Events
2015 is shaping up to be a busy year for training, and we’re not half way through yet. I thought I would highlight what is coming up – especially so you could take advantage of the best discounts. All...
View ArticleLots Of Upcoming Training and Speaking – Come See Me!
Where in the world will Allan be this fall?
View ArticleSQL Server Availability Group Configurations With NO Domain Requirement
Clusters Without Domains!
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