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                                    | imughalPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2012-08-27 : 09:27:44 
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                                            | Hi,i have to install SQL 2012 Ent Edition 2 node with availability group options. Please guide me for following points.Do i have to install SQL as a failover node or will a regular install (single instance).What about storage location, in case of cluster and qourum we have to used SAN as shared location for both node.What about SQL 2012 availability group, should i have to use local drive like D: on each node seperately. Please guide thanks. |  |  
                                    | chadmatThe Chadinator
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-08-27 : 10:23:24 
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                                          | It needs to be a Windows cluster, but not a SQL Failover Cluster Instance.  Storage should not be shared by the 2 standalone instances.-Chad |  
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                                    | imughalPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-08-28 : 02:05:39 
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                                          | hi,thanks can you provide some links to step by step installation of sql server 2012 with availability group.thanks |  
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                                    | chadmatThe Chadinator
 
 
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                                    | chadmatThe Chadinator
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-06 : 03:16:59 
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                                          | Did you figure it out?  AGs are pretty cool.-Chad |  
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