I recently sat through a presentation by PolyServe, it basically does for SQL Server what you are suggesting (lots of redundancy, shared storage, scale out). 

The product to me seemed a lot...

That happened in SQL 2000 too.   It always reverted back to the original windows domain owner upon the next edit.  (I saw blank owners too, before we were on a domain...

I can't help much, but I ended up calling Microsoft in a similar situation.   They gave me two commands, the second one worked, and the tech also thought case mattered.   Also,...

BI is already ubiquitous - think the grocery store "discount card" that is actually cataloging your purchase history, then printing related coupons on the back of your receipt for your...

You're bringing back awful memories of my IBM mainframe days.   And one funny one. 

We hired an Australian (originally from Ireland) contractor in the mid '90s.   He was actively working...

I'm personally not a gadget guy (cars, guitars, and computer gaming are my schtick) and only got a cell phone in the last 6 months for the first time, and...