Quick Start Guide: SQL Server Clusters on Windows Server 2008 R2 in Azure
Apparently Windows Server 2008 R2 lives on in the cloud as I get a calls for this sporadically. Yes, Azure does support Windows Server 2008 R2 and older versions of SQL Server including 2008 R2 and 2012. Of course Always ... continue reading
Cluster Quorum File Share Witness on a USB stick?
I’m very excited to hear that coming in Windows Server 2019 there will be a few new features in regards to the File Share Witness for the Failover Cluster Quorum. The feature that many of my customers have been asking ... continue reading
New File Share Witness Feature in Windows Server 2019
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part in making Windows Server 2019 the ... continue reading
Failover Cluster File Share Witness and DFS
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part in making Windows Server 2019 the ... continue reading
Azure SQL Database: Ingesting 1.4 million sustained rows per second with In-Memory OLTP & Columnstore Index
As Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors are becoming more ubiquitous in consumer, business and industrial landscapes, they introduce a unique challenge in terms of the volume of data they produce, and the velocity with which they produce it ... continue reading
Configuring a Hyper-V Host with PowerShell DSC (Part 1)
Hello, my name is Michael Godfrey and I am a Platform’s Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. I have been a Fabric Administrator for the past few years and have made it a habit of building quite a few Hyper-V ... continue reading
Add Storage Spaces as a Cluster Resource
This article will show a step-by-step procedure on how to add Storage Spaces storage and disks as a Windows Cluster Resource on Windows Server 2012r2 and 2016 We will use the Failover Cluster Manager instead of PowerShell for the next operations since these same ... continue reading
Create Storage Pool on Storage Spaces Standard
Windows Storage Spaces pool is a data structure that groups disks into a pool. Virtual Disks are carved out of disks within a pool. Disk failures are also repaired within a storage pool. This procedure applies to Windows Server 2012 R2. For the following ... continue reading
Configuring a Windows Cluster Quorum Witness
Clusters with an even number of members are vulnerable to "Split Brain". The best solution for this is to create a disk or share quorum member.continue reading
