A comprehensive tutorial for achieving high availability in Azure SQL Databases.
High availability is crucial for ensuring your database services remain accessible and reliable. It minimizes downtime and protects your business.
Key concepts include replication, failover, and disaster recovery.
Azure SQL Database offers built-in replication that automatically replicates data to a secondary region.
This ensures data is available even if the primary server fails.
Configurable replication types include synchronous and asynchronous replication.
Failover allows your database to seamlessly switch to a backup server if the primary server fails.
Automatic failover minimizes downtime during recovery.
Disaster recovery ensures your database can be restored from backups in a different region.
Implementing a disaster recovery plan significantly reduces the impact of outages.
Azure SQL Database offers features like read replicas, geo-replication, and automatic failover.
To learn more about Azure SQL Database High Availability, visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/high-availability