Organizations relying on SQL Server databases need the databases to be available at all times. For SQL Server, this means running it in a fault tolerant configuration. Microsoft has extended the fault tolerant features of SQL Server 2008 so that they are finally easy to use and even easier to implement. These features now work very well to protect either single-site or multi-site SQL Server implementations with or without custom hardware and software tools. Each fault tolerant model requires its own implementation strategy. Read this paper to determine how best to protect your SQL environment when running SQL Server on Dell 11th Generation PowerEdge servers featuring the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series.