This seems like more of a server room question than one for the MS forum, but if I'm wrong let me know and I'll ask for a lock/move.In any event:I'm trying to lab up SQL Server 2008 in a 2-node ...

SQL Server Failover Clustering is built upon the Microsoft Server Clustering Services (MSCS) on Windows so since W2K8 Server supports 16 node clustering so does SQL Server 2008. However, as always ...

The Server Room . SQL Clustering, and cross-database cross-node query performance. Thread starter jwnin; Start date ... SQL Clustering, and cross-database cross-node query performance.

Once the Failover Clustering feature has been installed onto each cluster node, you can build your cluster. To do so, choose the Failover Cluster Manager command from the Server Manager's Tools menu.

So, let’s say we have a small environment containing a few nodes, if Node 1 goes down, the failover clustering will detect, and then change the state of Node 2 from passive to active.

The decision came months after the Beta 3 release of the Windows .NET Server family editions back in November, when Microsoft announced that only four-node clusters would be supported in Windows .NET ...