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AlwaysOn

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What is AlwaysOn?

SQL Server Always On Availability Groups provide high availability and disaster recovery capabilities. They enable you to create a database environment that can quickly recover from failures, ensuring minimal downtime. This is achieved by mirroring databases between multiple server instances. If one instance fails, another takes over automatically. It is commonly used in mission-critical applications requiring minimal downtime and data loss.

What other technologies are related to AlwaysOn?

AlwaysOn Competitor Technologies

Log Shipping provides similar disaster recovery capabilities, making it a competing technology.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 8% (112) of relevant job posts
Database Mirroring is a deprecated high availability solution that Always On Availability Groups replaced.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 11% (84) of relevant job posts
Replication offers data distribution and availability features, serving as an alternative to Always On for specific scenarios.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 4% (129) of relevant job posts
Oracle provides its own high availability solutions, making it a competitor to Microsoft SQL Server Always On.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (155) of relevant job posts
PostgreSQL offers its own high availability solutions, making it a competitor to Microsoft SQL Server Always On.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (101) of relevant job posts
MongoDB offers its own high availability solutions, making it a competitor to Microsoft SQL Server Always On.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (77) of relevant job posts
MySQL offers its own high availability solutions, making it a competitor to Microsoft SQL Server Always On.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (96) of relevant job posts

AlwaysOn Complementary Technologies

Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) is a prerequisite for Always On Availability Groups on Windows.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 1% (89) of relevant job posts
Always On Availability Groups are a feature of Microsoft SQL Server.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (565) of relevant job posts
Azure SQL Database offers built-in high availability features, and Always On Availability Groups can be used in hybrid scenarios with Azure.
mentioned alongside AlwaysOn in 0% (132) of relevant job posts

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