Are there any high availability options for SharePoint?
When you evaluate a high availability or a disaster recovery option for SharePoint, you must understand that not all of the options are supported by each SharePoint database. This is because of design requirements and feature characteristics. This article identifies the supported option for each SharePoint database.
What kind of database does SharePoint Server use?
SharePoint Server is built on SQL Server and uses the following SQL Server system databases: master, msdb, model, Resource, and tempdb. SQL Server provides a complete set of administrative tools that let users fully administer their system and manage all users and objects in a database.
Can a Virtual Machine backup a SharePoint Server?
SharePoint Server does not support the following type of operations while SharePoint Server is online. Virtual machine online backups – If full virtual machine backups are required, shut down the SharePoint and SQL Servers in the farm prior to taking virtual machine backups.
Which is the best SQL Server for a SharePoint server farm?
If you plan to use SQL Server Business Intelligence components in a SharePoint Server 2013 farm you must use SQL Server 2012 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or SQL Server 2014. For information about SQL Server 2012 with SP1 BI and SharePoint Server 2013, see Install SQL Server BI Features with SharePoint 2013 (SQL Server 2012 SP1).
Is there a high availability option for Power Pivot?
The following table describes the supported high availability and disaster recovery options for the Power Pivot Service database. Power Pivot for SharePoint Server 2016 is only available with SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.1 or later. Power Pivot for SharePoint 2013 is only available with SQL Server 2012 SP1 Analysis Services (SSAS).
What’s the value of a high availability server?
The resulting value is often expressed by industry in terms of the number of 9’s that the solution provides; meant to convey an annual number of minutes of possible uptime, or conversely, minutes of downtime. System outages are either anticipated or planned for, or they are the result of an unplanned failure.
When to use SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups?
If you configure a Database Engine instance to run in a failover cluster, you can select that instance when you create a report server database. Use SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups with the Reporting Services databases and for data sources where applicable.