Clustering Windows servers : a road map for enterprise solutions / Gary Mauler, Milton Beebe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mauler, Gary.

Contributor:

Beebe, Milton.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operating systems (Computers).

Client/server computing.

Microsoft Windows NT.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Digital Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An IT decision-maker's road map to creating scalable and reliable Windows 2000 clustered systems.Clustering Windows 2000 explains what a cluster is and what it is not. It explains the concepts and technology from the perspective of Microsoft's Windows family of operating systems. Mauler and Beebe thoroughly explore the critical interaction and integration of state-of-the-art computer hardware with these operating systems and also with third-party layered solutions. However, more than teaching technology, the book provides a unique framework by which readers can evaluate their organiza

Contents:

Cover; Copyrigt Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Understanding Clusters and Your Needs; 1.1 Writing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a cluster that will succeed; 1.2 When is a cluster not a cluster?; 1.3 Subsystems; 1.4 Cluster attributes; 1.5 Design goals; Chapter 2. Crystallizing Your Needs for a Cluster; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Acceptable availability; 2.3 Acceptable scalability; 2.4 Acceptable reliability; 2.5 Cluster attributes; 2.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Mechanisms of Clustering; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Cluster membership; 3.3 States and transition

3.4 Cluster tasks or resources3.5 Lockstep mirroring; 3.6 Replication; 3.7 Shared disk and shared nothing disk; 3.8 SAN versus NAS; 3.9 Summary; Chapter 4. Cluster System Classification Matrix; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Cluster review; 4.3 Classes; 4.4 Cluster or component or attribute?; 4.5 Cluster products; 4.6 Summary; Chapter 5. Cluster Systems Architecture; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Cluster terminology; 5.3 Cluster models; 5.4 Microsoft's Cluster Server architecture; 5.5 Quorum Resource; 5.6 Cluster failover architecture; Chapter 6. I/O Subsystem Design

6.1 I/O subsystems and capacity planning for clusters6.2 I/O load model; 6.3 Data processing capacity model for a cluster; 6.4 Well-engineered storage systems; 6.5 The future of system bus technology; 6.6 Rules of thumb for cluster capacity; Chapter 7. Cluster Interconnect Technologies; 7.1 What is a cluster communication interconnect?; 7.2 Comparison of the technologies used to interconnect systems; 7.3 VIA cluster interconnect software standard; 7.4 Winsock Direct technology; 7.5 SCSI technology for NT clusters; Chapter 8. Cluster Networking

9.2 Building a high-availability foundation9.3 Cluster implementation options; 9.4 Installation, test, and burn-in; 9.5 Planning system capacity in a cluster; 9.6 Administering applications in a clustered environment; 9.7 Administering cluster failover groups; 9.8 Administering virtual servers; 9.9 Managing cluster failover events; Chapter 10. Achieving Data Center Reliability with Windows NT/2000 Clustering; 10.1 Total system design approach to high availability; 10.2 Identifying the cause of downtime; 10.3 Quality hardware; 10.4 Datacenter facilities; 10.5 Disaster recovery plans

10.6 System design and deployment plan

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-04925-5

9786611049256

0-08-048849-8

OCLC:

437181424