Clustering in SQL Server 2005/Windows Server 2003
Does clustering become Active/Active when using SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003?

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ASKED: September 23, 2008  6:16 PM
UPDATED: September 23, 2008  6:55 PM

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No. Microsoft SQL Server does not support Active/Active clustering of SQL Server. Clustering in Windows in an High availability solution only. It is not designed for spreading the load across more than one server. There are some techniques which can be used to do this, however they are very advanced. I talk about these techniques on my blog starting with the "<a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/scaling-the-database-out-not-up/">Scaling the database out, not up</a>" post. I'm write in the middle of publishing all the posts currently. You'll find all of them under the <a href="http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/tag/federated-database/">Federated Database</a> tag on my blog.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  September 23, 2008  6:55 pm  by  Denny Cherry   64,520 pts.
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