Paul S. Randal describes the technologies available in SQL Server 2008 that can be used as part of a high-availability strategy to protect critical data. As well as describing the technologies in detail, the white paper also discusses the various causes… more »

Thomas H. Grohser discusses the challenges of designing a robust backup and restore solutions for very large databases (VLDBs) in this SQL Server Technical Article: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/Technic… more »

SQLCAT, has published a new whitepaper / technical case study High Availability and Disaster Recovery at ServiceU for SQL Server 2008. Follow up: SQLCAT: http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2009/08/04/high-availability-and-disaster-recovery-at-se… more »

Greg Low, has published a whitepaper Plan Caching in SQL Server 2008, it's an update of the whitepaper "Batch compilation, Recompilation and Plan Caching Issues in SQL Server 2005" by Arun Marathe, targeted at SQL Server 2008. Summary: This paper expla… more »

SQLCAT, has published a whitepaper SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering for SQL Server 2008 failover clustering. Summary: This white paper complements the existing documentation on planning, implementation, and administration of a SQL Server 2008 failov… more »