Step-by-Step Guide to Clustering Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000

Article by Brian Knight at sqlservercentral.com

Summary:
In this next article of the SQL Server in the Enterprise Series, we'll explore how to cluster Windows 2000 and SQL Server 2000 in a step-by-step manner. After this article, you should be able to cluster a SQL Server 2000 machine for failover availability in an Active/Active cluster.

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