What is the advantage of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection,  (Eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides Both disk storage DR and server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space.

So what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Seems Availability Groups is better, Looking at the chart comparison I see none

We utilize SQL 2016 Enterprise. Thanks,

Reviewed documentation: Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, SQL AlwaysOn

What is the advantage of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection, (eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides both disk storage DR and server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space.

So what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Looking at the chart comparison I see none. Seems Availability Groups is better.

We utilize SQL Server 2016 Enterprise. Thanks.

Reviewed documentation:

• Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups
• SQL AlwaysOn

What is the advantage of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection, (Eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides both disk storage DR with server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space.

So what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Seems Availability Groups is better, Looking at the chart comparison I see none

We utilize SQL 2016 Enterprise. Thanks,

Reviewed documentation: Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, SQL AlwaysOn

What is the advantage of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection, (Eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides Both disk storage DR and server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space.

So what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Seems Availability Groups is better, Looking at the chart comparison I see none

We utilize SQL 2016 Enterprise. Thanks,

Reviewed documentation: Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, SQL AlwaysOn

What are benefits of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection, (Eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides both disk storage DR with server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space. (a) so what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Seems Availability Groups is better, Looking at the chart comparison I see none

(b) Can AlwaysOn Availability Groups utilize with 1 server, 2 shared storage space? (instead of 2 server, 2 shared storage?)

We utilize SQL 2016 Enterprise. Thanks,

Reviewed documentation: Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, SQL AlwaysOn

What is the advantage of Always On Failover Clustering vs Always On Availability Groups?

Basic Always On Failover Clustering provides server level protection, (Eg: 2 servers with 1 shared disk space; if server fails, it can utilize another server on the shared disk space).

Always On Availability Groups provides both disk storage DR with server-level HA Protection. It provides 2 servers with 2 shared space.

So what benefit functionally does Always On Failover Clustering have over Availability Groups? Seems Availability Groups is better, Looking at the chart comparison I see none

We utilize SQL 2016 Enterprise. Thanks,

Reviewed documentation: Failover Clustering and Always On Availability Groups, SQL AlwaysOn