Summary

Many of the principal high availability options available within the Microsoft software stack and with hardware components have now been introduced. A solid foundation must be created to build your highly available systems on. As you completely define your application's high availability requirements, a matching high availability solution can be made that will serve you well for years to come.

The next chapter outlines the complicated process of matching your high availability requirements to the proper high availability solution (option). Very often, two or more options, used together, must be selected to meet your needs. For this reason, a step-by-step approach (that you can repeat) will be followed that yields the best possible solution. ...

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