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High Availability with SQL Server and Double-Take

I have been doing a lot of work with SQL Server and Disaster Recovery. Many of my clients are particularly fond of Double-Take. In this three part blog series, I will go over the fundamentals of configuring Double-Take. Note: All screen shots are located a the bottom...

Tags: Double-Take, Microsoft SQL Server, High Availability, Replication, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Steven Warren

Blog posts 2008-04-23

What should "unusual" really mean?

Okay, this is going to be a bit of a rant, but stay with me -- I have what I think is a valid point.I prepare income tax returns. My original career was as a public accountant. I like tax preparation and Im pretty good at it so I keep...

Tags: System Administration, Networking, Infrastructure, High Availability

Blog posts 2007-04-18

Clustering gets an upgrade in Windows Server 2003

Microsoft has overhauled Windows Clustering Services to meet the greater demand for high availability and scalability that has come with the increased spread of the 24/7 marketplace. Im going to discuss some of the new features that the Windows Server 2003 Clustering Services have to offer, as well as some...

Tags: cluster, Cluster Administrator, clustering, High Availability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, steven s. warren, The Hot Button, Uncategorized, windows 2003

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Setting up production environment (hardware)

I'm trying to setup a plan to rebuild our production environment for maximum availability and performance. we have a web based application with a SQL server 2005 backend.my main concers are:1.we have 2 beefy servers for DB. we need high speed disk storage. we will use emc san but; do...

Tags: hardware, high availability, it management, mg_roberts@..., networking, server

Discussion threads 2007-01-11

CA Brightstor High Availability Filename issue

Hi,Recently I installed BHABrightstor High Availability, software solution for clustering.I have problem when BHA try to replicate filename that has 236 characters length (for D:dir1...etcPower point.ppt").In my research Windows allow 248 charaters in folder name and 255/256/260 characters in filename.The support team said that it is windows bug, so when...

Tags: CA BrightStor, BHA, fileName, windows, high availability, brightstor, t_m1n9@..., software, Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

Enterprise Database Management with SQL Server 2005

Rather than study SQL Server 2005 from a feature list, this sample chapter from SQL Server 2005 groups the features according to some tasks common to database administration. Coverage includes: Infrastructure management. How do installation and configuration work? SQL Server monitoring - Divided into reactive and proactive to...

Tags: Addison-Wesley, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, administration, data availability, high availability, recovery, replication, backup, database, server, business intelligence, enterprise data management, infrastructure management, VLDB, monitoring

Download resources 2006-05-23

Build security into your Microsoft SQL Server high availability plan

Learn how security affects high availability. Getting these types of security practices into place in your environment will allow you to achieve or exceed your high availability goals much more easily.This sample chapter, taken from Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, discusses security techniques when working with systems that are highly...

Tags: clustering, data replication, high availability, log, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, permission, security, security practice, security standard, SQL, technique

Download resources 2006-01-11

Achieve Microsoft SQL Server High Availability with data replication

Data replication is a powerful feature of SQL Server that can be used in many business situations. Learn how to use data replication as a high availability solution.This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, provides an in-depth discussion about data replication. The chapter covers the following...

Tags: business situation, data replication, high availability, metaphor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, replication, server

Download resources 2005-11-22

Build a scalable, flexible, and highly-available data center

Data centers are rapidly evolving to accommodate higher expectations for growth, consolidation, and security. Although the traditional Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs have not changed drastically over the last few years, stringent demands for uptime and service availability, coupled with new technology and protocols, make the design efforts more...

Tags: Cisco Press, consolidation, data center, high availability, LAN, Layer 2, Layer 3, scalability, security, server, server farm, service availability, topology, uptime

Download resources 2005-08-19

Learn to build a high availability server pair using the Linux Heartbeat package

No Starch Press recently released The Linux Enterprise Cluster, which explains how you can build a reliable business system using inexpensive machines and free software. This excerpt will give you a taste of the focus and detail the book offers, as well as introducing the Heartbeat package and describing how...

Tags: Enterprise, excerpt, heartbeat, high availability, Linux, Linux Enterprise Cluster, Linux Heartbeat, server, software, Starch Press, taste, theory

Download resources 2005-08-18

Question on High Availability

We are looking to deploy an offsite mirror of our critical systems our mortgage app and email. I have 3 servers for our mortgage app which is web based running on Linux AS 3.0 Two of the servers run the app (apache/tomcat) and the third houses our Oracle db....

Tags: E-mail, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE

Q&A 2005-06-10

Tech Tip: Plan for international recovery

By Mike TalonRecently, while I was on an overseas mission,I got the opportunity to speak about disaster recovery to anaudience of European technical professionals. Some DR specialistshave clients in overseas locations, so it's important to examinehow they handle or mishandle their DR and high availability HAsituations. There...

Tags: disaster recovery, high availability, Mike Talon

Technical articles 2003-12-08

The seven Rs of high availability

For most companies, continuous uptime has become an expected necessity for business survival. Here are seven approaches the IT manager can take to maximize availability and make this expectation a reality.By Harris KernThe goal of all availability process owners is to maximize the uptime of the various online systems for...

Tags: Channel management, Change Tech Solutions Inc., supplier, high availability

Technical articles 2002-11-26

Recovery is just one aspect of DR technology

Disaster technology bodes slew of benefitsAfter the events of Sept. 11, the IT world was forced to look at the protection of corporate data systems in a new light. Disaster recovery and business continuity became watchwords of the enterprise, and budgets began to form within weeks. However, it is important...

Tags: Backups, Mike Talon, disaster recovery, backup, branch office, high availability, server, software

Technical articles 2001-10-24

Pillar SANs Optimize VMware Environments

IT shops are consolidating and virtualizing resources to reduce costs and to improve agility. VMware's Virtual Infrastructure enables IT to more fully utilize the capacity and computing power of the server and storage products they purchase, thereby fundamentally changing the computing landscape in forward-looking organizations. IT shops of all sizes...

Tags: Information Technology, Environment, High Availability, VMware Inc., Computing, IT Shop, Strategy, Server Consolidation, Servers, Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-10

PHP Scalability and High Availability: Database Resident Connection Pooling and Fast Application Notification

PHP is a popular dynamic programming language for web applications. PHP comes with extensions that provide a wide range of capabilities including database access. The OCI8 extension in PHP allows applications to connect to Oracle Database. It has support for basic and advanced Oracle Database features, allowing easy and efficient...

Tags: Oracle Corp., PHP, High Availability, Oracle Database, Scripting Languages, Databases, Storage, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-04-01

High Availability in Exchange Server 2007

Availability can be crucial for enterprise operations and is a key component in meeting return-on-investment targets. Enterprise messaging systems drive core business communications, and it becomes critical to ensure their availability. New high availability features built into Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 are significant improvements aimed at providing flexible and cost...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, High Availability, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-08-01

TechNet Webcast: High Availability With Hyper-V (Level 300)1

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, a key feature of Windows Server 2008, is a hypervisor-based technology that provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform. It is part of the ongoing effort at Microsoft to provide their customers and partners with the best operating system platform for virtualization. The attendee...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, High Availability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage

Webcasts 2008-01-30

Integrated Disaster Recovery for Database and Transactional Application Systems

In today's dynamic business environment, organizations of all sizes need to maintain access to critical applications and data even in the event of natural and man-made disasters. This is particularly acute for the database-driven (e.g. MS SQL, Oracle DB, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL) transactional applications and data that is...

Tags: High Availability, NEC Corp., Disaster Recovery, Databases, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-05-31

Taridium: Comms 1.1 - VoIP Provider Platform

Taridium's comms provider VoIP platform combines all the advantages of an open standards solution with the reliability of non-stop hardware and 7x24 monitoring. By combining open source tools and open standards with best of breed hardware and software, taridium can offer one of the best price to performance ratios in...

Tags: Open Standard, Performance, Platform, High Availability, Taridium, Performance Management, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking

White papers 2007-10-17