Windows NT clustering blueprints
Mark A. Sportack, James Lloyd Mohler · 1997
From the Publisher: COPY: Windows NT Clustering Blueprints is your one-stop guide to understanding essential clustering concepts and implementations. With this easy-to-understand guide, you'll have all the information you need to take your clustering skills to new heights. Written by an industry expert with years of real-world experience, this in-depth resource takes you through the essentials of Windows NT clustering. You'll get extensive coverage of how Microsoft's Cluster Server operates, as well as how to build a cluster. Also covered are close looks at how a fail-over works, Windows NT Server, complex clusters, and clustering for competitive advantage. With its easy-to-follow approach, you will expand your knowledge of Windows NT clustering. BULLETS: - Gain a thorough understanding of clustering - Examine implementation issues such as programming for parallel environments - Get expert tips and advice on clustering for availability, scaleability, and competitive advantage - Master the intricacies of Microsoft's Cluster Server - Uncover the essentials of network-friendly clustering and cluster-friendly networking - Find out what hybridized clusters are and how to use them effectively - Learn how to build a new NT cluster as well as how to cluster an existing application Approachably written, providing an introduction to the set of technologies that is encompassed by clustering Provides an unbiased and non-marketing approach to the benefits, limitations and trade-offs of this branch of parallel computing