Database mirroring, a high-availability feature,
will be included in the RTM version of the Standard and Enterprise editions of
SQL Server 2005, but customers will be required to go through extra steps to
turn on the feature. Those who try to enable the feature without following the
extra steps will get an error message and warning that the feature is for
evaluation purposes only.
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Rizzo said that the feature is complete and an army of test machines
have beaten on database mirroring. But he said only five or six beta customers
have put the feature into production, and Microsoft is uncomfortable with
fully releasing a feature that has so few production
deployments.
Che dire... dopo tre anni di test... è stata una decisione coraggiosa...