Hi All,
I'm looking for some SQL collation advice please? Before I start I should say I'm not a SQL DBA but I'm fairly knowledgeable. I've been tasked with setting up a mixed-purpose SQL 2008 R2 cluster which will host db's for 7 mixed applications. Not ideal I know but bear with me.
The applications I have require the following SQL collations:
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
*_CI_AS_KS
Latin1_General_CI_AS
As I understand you can set collation at the database but I'm also aware that there can be pitfalls using multiple db collations in one instance. So for the above list, should I be creating 3 instances or is there an instance collation I can set and then set the db's individually?
Also I think I'm correct in saying I'll need to separate cluster storage for each SQL instance I use, is there a way around this?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Pete