SQL Server

SQL Server High Availability

High availability is the design that keeps the database serving users when a server, a disk or a patch fails. It is not the same thing as a backup you hope to restore tomorrow.

Pick the failover that fits the failure

A failover cluster instance, log shipping and an availability group solve different failures. The expensive mistake is implementing the most complex option because it was mentioned in a meeting. We start from the failure you need to survive and the edition you own.

Designs, including Always On, are compared on SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery. A single-site failover still needs backups you have restored.

What we need from you

The failure you are designing for
One data center or more than one
SQL Server edition
Whether the application can reconnect after failover
Whether anyone has failed it over in the last year

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Describe the outage you cannot have

We will recommend a failover design, or tell you that backups and a tested restore are the honest answer.

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