Re: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems...

2000-12-15 Thread Shane Witbeck
I once saw a presentation on different ways of load balancing web servers and SQL servers to accomplish this. Im no expert but from what I remember the easiest way to do this is to store the actual databases on a central machine and have the SQL Servers feed from that central point. In terms

RE: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems...

2000-12-15 Thread JustinMacCarthy
Yes this is possible , the swap over can happen at odbc level so it's transparent to your apps / code. However this does require SQL server Enterprise Edition running on NT enterprise Edition or the win2000 equiv. Check out the lists @ http://www.swynk.com/ or look for a white paper on SQL

RE: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems...

2000-12-15 Thread Aaron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul, The overhead to check to see if a SQL server was up per query would be enormous. Don't consider that option. You're on the right track by setting up a second SQL server for failover. If you want to have true failover, you'll need to purchase

RE: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems...

2000-12-15 Thread Andy Ewings
Subject: RE: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems... -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul, The overhead to check to see if a SQL server was up per query would be enormous. Don't consider that option. You're on the right track by setting up a second SQL server for failover. If you want

RE: URGENT: Not OT: SQL Server Problems...

2000-12-15 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
We have a SQL Server 7 implementation with three CF servers using it as a database server. The problem is that it's falling over regularly (and the technical guys can't figure it out). That's not the problem though. We are now setting up a second SQL Server 7 for use as a failover. It