Recently organizations, fellow SQL Server MVPs and DBAs have asked me for resources on how to install a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster from both a SQL Server and a Windows Server 2008 perspective.

When designed to support SQL Server, the failover cluster creates a high-performance, high-availability environment that is easy to manage.

This brought up a dialog to set up the ODBC connection. After selecting the System DNS tab, I entered "ViewComposerDB" for the name of the ODBC DNS Setup text box, described it as the View Composer ...

And while SQL Server does share heritage with Sybase SQL Server (now called SAP ASE), a Unix database server that Microsoft ported to Windows, that happened a long time ago.