This document provides an overview of SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups. It begins with a history of AlwaysOn and compares it to other SQL high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Key features of AlwaysOn such as synchronous and asynchronous data replication, automatic failover, and readable secondary replicas are discussed. The document also covers design options, requirements, and steps for creating an AlwaysOn Availability Group. It concludes by promoting an upcoming SharePoint conference in Las Vegas.

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4. What we will cover
SQL 2012 AlwaysOn

5. SQL 2012 AlwaysOn
Hype or Reality?

6. History of AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Background and Predecessor Technologies

7. Comparison of AlwaysOn with other SQL HA
Greatly Improved HA and DR
High Availability and Disaster Potential Potential
Automatic Readable
Recovery Data Loss Recovery
Failover Secondaries
(RPO) Time (RTO)
SQL Server Solution
AlwaysOn Availability Group - synchronous- Zero Seconds Yes 0-2
commit
AlwaysOn Availability Group - asynchronous- Seconds Minutes No 0-4
commit
AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance NA Seconds Yes NA
-to-minutes
Database Mirroring - High-safety (sync + witness) Zero Seconds Yes NA
Database Mirroring - High-performance (async) Seconds Minutes No NA
Log Shipping Minutes Minutes No Not during
-to-hours a restore
Backup, Copy, Restore Hours Hours No Not during
-to-days a restore

8. AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Design Options

9. AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Read-only Farms

10. Design Options for SQL 2012
Sample Design

11. AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SharePoint
Improving Data Tier High Availability and Disaster Recovery
CAVEAT

12. AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Version Requirements
Enterprise
Enterprise

13. AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Prerequisites and Requirements – Windows OS
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976097
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494036
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2531907
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616514
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2654347
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980915
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2578113
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2582281

14. AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Prerequisites and Requirements – SQL Server

15. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 1: Create Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC)

16. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 2: Prepare Nodes

17. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 2: Enable AlwaysOn on each SQL Node

18. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 3: Create the Availability Group

19. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 3: Create the Availability Group – Continued…

20. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 3: Create the Availability Group – Continued…

21. Creating AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Step 4: Create the Availability Group Listener

23. Session Summary
SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SharePoint 2010

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