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SQL Always On FCI vs Always On Availability Groups

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?)

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

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