This is our first SQL Std server and we wanted to take advantage of the HA + DR features of SQL 2014 Std. I have read what feels like a 100 pages on AlwaysOn and I do need some clarification and direction.
Our Objective
Primary reason for the SQL Std server is SharePoint DBs that are close to exceeding the Express size limit. We will likely host a few other DB from Citrix, and other small config DB. We are a fairly small SP environment as the Express has not been a performance issue. The objective is to create some redundancy for the SQL server and if I understand right we SQL Std includes AlwaysOn (2 nodes). We would like to set up our SQL servers for auto failover.
Plan/Questions
We are planning on using 2x Win 2012 DataCentre serves (same site) and my understanding is that we'll need to setup Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC). This is all new terminology so I am unclear how WSFC and Failover Clustering Instance (FCI) work together? To me its sounds like WSFC is used to accomplish FCI?
To add to my confusion, we have a SAN (iSCSI) and my understanding is if we have more than 1 Win Svr connect to the same target with write capability the target will be corrupted. But I also read that iSCSI is supported for SQL so the questions is how does this work if or is it not possible and we'll need to look at another option, eg SMB, etc.
I have found a few guides on setting up SQL for SharePoint, configuring AlwaysOn, but nothing that covers all our factors, including iSCSI. Any clarifications or direction on where/what to do next will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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