Best Failover Database System Solution For My Project

  • Hello. I have a project where I need to have a failover database system from our current Production Database. Here are the details below:

    1. I have about 8 databases that need to be sync with a failover database system. Their are records inserted by users from 8:00am -5:00pm in two databases.

    2. I have a Catalog Directory of images on the file system. Their are currently 53 folders with 10,000 images each. I need to sync with a failover database system.

    3. I am familiar with Log shipping, Replication, Clustered environment, and Database Mirroring.

    I am interested in anyone's expert advice. If any further questions let me know. Thanks.

  • Are u using filestream for the catalog directory ?

    If so this might help

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb895334.aspx

    Jayanth Kurup[/url]

  • What are your downtime and data-loss SLAs?

    What's the budget for DR?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • @manning20

    Choose your best DR

    Muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy
    https://www.sqlserverblogforum.com/

  • No I am not using filestream. We have a Web page that inserts the image into the corresponding directory folder. Should I use filestream to sync images with new database server for failover?

  • Thanks for responding. Our budget is tight, but we want high availability and redundancy. We want minimal downtime if our main production server crashes.

    What are your downtime and data-loss SLAs?

    What's the budget for DR?

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  • manning20 (6/28/2011)


    No I am not using filestream. We have a Web page that inserts the image into the corresponding directory folder. Should I use filestream to sync images with new database server for failover?

    Probably not , esp since these are just images and there might not be a need to maintain some kind of transaction integrity with other data being inserted into the database.

    File system backups should server the purpose of DR for these images.

    Jayanth Kurup[/url]

  • manning20 (6/28/2011)


    Thanks for responding. Our budget is tight, but we want high availability and redundancy. We want minimal downtime if our main production server crashes.

    That's kinda vague.

    There are several options available, depends on the requirements, the budget (at minimum you need a second server), the edition and version of SQL and several more.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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