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AWS EC2 SQL Server Clustering
Posted by Rob Risetto on August 28, 2014

Ok so you can’t actually setup a failover cluster in the traditional sense on Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instances (virtual machines). Essentially AWS does not provide a disk storage option that allows you to provision cluster aware, shareable disk devices.

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SQL Server 2014 CTP 2 is out
Posted by Rob Risetto on August 15, 2014

SQL Server 2014 CTP 2 is now out and available for download (here).

Below is a summary of the new features in CTP 2 as outlined by the SQL Server blog (here). Microsoft have stated that CTP 2 is feature complete and therefore will be a close representation of the RTM version.

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Arrrggh SQL Server 2012 SP1 Performance Bug Alert
Posted by Rob Risetto on July 26, 2014

I’m highlighting this bug notice in my newsletter and blog since it has the potential to affect quite a few SQL Server 2012 installations.

Here’s the link to the MB KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2845380 .
CU4 for SP1 resolves the issue.

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