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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   imani_technology_spam@yahoo.com (imani_technology_spam@yahoo.com) writes:   
   > Thank you for your response.  Let me elaborate further.  My clients   
   > have used Oracle and DB2 in the past.  Both platforms allow   
   > scalability through non-failover clustering.  In other words, they are   
   > able to spread one database over several boxes.  Can SQL Server 2008   
   > do something similar?  Maybe Microsoft uses a different phrase for   
   > this functionality.   
      
   OK, you want the RAC thing? No, SQL Server does not have this, save for   
   a feature known as distributed partitioned views. That is, you can define   
   a view that is spread out on several machines, and SQL Server will only   
   access the machine(s) that your query hits. I don't think this feature   
   that very many use, and it is probably difficult to get right.   
      
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
   SQL 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx   
      
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