User guide
CLUSTERING SQL SENTRY MONITORING SERVICES
Multiple Monitoring Services can be installed to handle more than 100 connections, and/or to provide
automatic redundancy and load balancing. There is no configuration required to implement a basic
SQL Sentry cluster. Simply install more than one Monitoring Service and connect each to the same
SQL Sentry Database during setup, and they will automatically distribute the monitoring load evenly
between themselves. If one Monitoring Service fails, the remaining Monitoring Service(s) will pickup
the load automatically. See the Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance topic in the SQL Sentry User
Guide for more details.
INCREASED FAULT TOLERANCE FOR THE SQL SENTRY DATABASE
If increased fault tolerance is required for the SQL Sentry Database, we recommend installing the
database on a clustered SQL Server instance. Log shipping can also be used with the SQL Sentry
Database, however a separate SQL Sentry license is required for the standby server. Customers can
obtain this standby license by visiting our Customer Portal and modifying the Server name of their
current license key to the name of the standby server and applying this license key to the SQL Sentry
Database on the standby server.
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