Database mirroring is a great option for many disaster scenarios. If using a witness server automated failovers can be achieved. However, just like any other disaster recovery solution database mirroring should be tested. Before you execute your first test of failing over a database from one server to another you may want to take [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Database Mirroring Failover Considerations
Posted: February 22, 2012 in Database Recovery, SQLServerPedia Syndication7
What is the best Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)?
Posted: February 7, 2012 in Database Recovery, SQLServerPedia SyndicationI am really surprised at how often that I see questions like this. I have been answering a few questions on a few different forums and I see this more and more often. Here is the quick answer: I don’t know. There really is no way to find the book answer to your question. Disaster [...]
I have to say that I am truly honored. TJay Belt (@tjaybelt) and I have been working together on a set of sessions, as we wanted to group some session together that we feel help bridge the gap between hard core technology training and the soft skills needed to be a DBA. Our goal was [...]
