Good morning! I was reading the following article - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213151.aspx - which says to configure AlwaysOn, we need a Quorum for the cluster group. So I read the article for that, but I'm confused with the wording.
Suppose I have this scenario: I have S1 (primary) and S2 (secondary) with the Synchronous, AlwaysOn configuration. And this... 'quorum' (I'm extremely unfamiliar with this terminology; sorry....). If I understand right, S1 and S2 will vote every XXX time saying "I'm healthy!" or "I'm not healthy!" and they have to remain voting or else "the cluster will turn offline for safety" <-- So the article for the quorum said.
What actually happens if I turn off / unplug S1 (essentially simulating a catastrophic hardware failure)? It can no longer vote in the quorum, so will the cluster turn off S2 for safety? Or will AlwaysOn kick in & pick up the information where S1 left off? Thank you for any advice :)