[dba-SQLServer] Mirrored servers

I agree with Francisco. Three machines is the best way to go with mirroring.
The witness machine need not be a server since its requirements are minimal.
Pretty much any old box will do as a witness.

A.

On 3/13/08, Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> John,
>   You want to read the section in BOL for database mirroring (btw, its
> very cool). Keep in mind it could be most instrumental to have a
> seperate pc as the witness that way you won't have to worry about
> loosing the witness if server a dies but b is alive and well.
>