Windows Cluster Number of Nodes

This metric reports the number of nodes in the Windows failover cluster hosting the SQL Server instance.

Evaluation and Collection Frequency — Every 30 Minutes

Table 2-87 Windows Cluster Number of Nodes Metrics

Metric	Description
Number of Nodes	Number of nodes in the Windows failover cluster. Distinct from SQL Cluster Number of Nodes, which reports the node count of the SQL Server failover cluster instance.