Tag Archives: Windows Server 2008

Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum documentation released by Microsoft

Posted on October 20, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

As previously discussed here, Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum is a feature of Windows Server 2008 Clustering that is now officially supported by Microsoft.  Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum allows a multisubnet cluster to use a Disk Only quorum model, even though … Continue reading →

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Windows Server Static Route QFE – route table entries deleted unexpectedly

Posted on June 17, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Yesterday the Windows Server team released an important hotfix for anyone using static routes on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster.  The issue is that manually added routes, like static routes that many of us use, are … Continue reading →

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Windows clustering hotfix to support asymmetric storage (KB 976097)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Windows Server cluster installations have typically required shared storage, meaning that all nodes in the cluster must be able to see the storage.  SQL Server Denali uses Windows Server Clustering for some of its new high availability technologies, but requires … Continue reading →

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