You have four Azure virtual machines hosted in different availability zones in the same Azure region. You plan to deploy a Microsoft SQL Server Always On failover cluster instance (FCI) to the four…

The correct answer is C. Node and File Share Majority. A quorum mode is configured at the WSFC cluster level that dictates the methodology used for quorum voting. The Failover Cluster Manager utility will recommend a quorum mode based on the number of nodes in the cluster. When using an asymmetric storage configuration for Always…

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Question

You have four Azure virtual machines hosted in different availability zones in the same Azure region. You plan to deploy a Microsoft SQL Server Always On failover cluster instance (FCI) to the four virtual machines. What is the most resilient quorum option for the deployment?

Options

Aa cloud witness
BNode and Disk Majority
CNode and File Share Majority
DNode Majority

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A
5% (3)
B
16% (9)
C
72% (41)
D
7% (4)

Explanation

A quorum mode is configured at the WSFC cluster level that dictates the methodology used for quorum voting. The Failover Cluster Manager utility will recommend a quorum mode based on the number of nodes in the cluster. When using an asymmetric storage configuration for Always On availability groups, you should generally use the Node Majority quorum mode when you have an odd number of voting nodes, or the Node and File Share Majority quorum mode when you have an even number of voting nodes. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/failover-clusters/windows/wsfc-quorum-modes- and-voting-configuration-sql-server

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#quorum configuration#Always On FCI#availability zones#file share witness

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