title: Why would I get this error intermittently? "The server was not found or was not accessible"
body: <p>We keep getting this error randomly in our web application.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A
    network-related or instance-specific
    error occurred while establishing a
    connection to SQL Server. The server
    was not found or was not accessible.
    Verify that the instance name is
    correct and that SQL Server is
    configured to allow remote
    connections. (provider: Named Pipes
    Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a
    connection to SQL Server)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It would make sense if we got the error ever time but to get it intermittently suggest something else is going on. </p>
  
  <p>Has anyone experienced this? 
  Any suggestions or theories? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>