Index_N

N

named instances, databases, 62, 59395

name resolution

failover clusters, 24142

Network Load Balancing and, 200

server clusters, 19091

verifying network connectivity, 176

verifying server cluster, 189

naming conventions

backups , 417, 445

failover clusters, 21314, 249

MS DTC, 188

parallel striped backup devices, 450

virtual servers, 54

natural events, 24, 25

NetBIOS, disabling on Windows Server 2003, 168

Network Attached Storage

as data store for SQL Server, 100101

disk technology and, 103

overview of, 98101

network bandwidth, 28586, 516

network cards

failover clusters, 21819

Network Attached Storage and, 99, 100

Network Load Balancing, 200, 202

private networks, 17275

properties, 172

public networks, 17172

server clusters, 16770, 520

Network Load Balancing

log shipping and, 290

Microsoft.com case study, 528

Network Load Balancing clusters, 199207

adding to DNS, 206

best practices, 199

logging configuration, 206

overview of, 5860

SQL Server-based architectures, 2016

uninstalling, 207

Network Load Balancing Manager

logging configuration, 2067

starting Network Load Balancing on primary server, 2034

uninstalling Network Load Balancing, 207

networks

configuration information in run books, 539

connectivity, 176, 189

data center best practices, 2627

priority configuration, 18182

priority management, 175

risk associated with failure of, 553

SQL Server 2000 upgrade and, 599

topology, 277

New Alert Properties dialog box, 707

NIC teaming, 201

nines

defining, 1112

needed level of, 1213

negotiating availability, 13

nodes. See cluster nodes

no-go, 45, 47

nonclustered indexes, 91

nonwriteable databases, 634

nonwriteable filegroup, 635

NORECOVERY completion state, 484

NOREWIND, 486

Notification Services, SQL Server, 708

NTFS file system, 12122

NUL backup device, 44748

NULL

disk space and, 90

passwords, 645

queries and, 6045