Hello,
In the past we used SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Failover Cluster with shared storage on a SAN. These days that kind of limits things with virtualization and we'd like to not be tied to the SAN.
All I'm trying to do is have a 3 node cluster: 2 in the same subnet for H/A within the data center, and a 3rd node in a different subnet for D/R.
Unfortunately SQL Server Always On is the perfect solution for this, however the price is too much - and there is no way I can afford it.
Is this something that can be done with the Windows Failover Clustering still in SQL Server 2016 where I could create a 3 node cluster and put my databases on that cluster and have it replicate between 3 nodes only having 1 node be active and the other 2 being passive?
(I'm not looking to do a read only secondary or anything)
Thanks