Table of Contents

Understanding Clusters and Your Needs; Crystallizing Your Needs for a Cluster; Mechanisms of Clustering; The Cluster System Classification Matrix©; Cluster Systems Architecture; I/O Subsystem Design; Cluster Interconnect Technologies; Cluster Networking;Cluster System Administration; Achieving Data Center Reliability with Windows NT/2000; Clustering; References; Glossary

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Demystifies Windows clustering from both a hardware and software viewpointDefines clustering terminology and concepts from a vendor-neutral perspectiveProvides a matrix for evaluating the multitude of cluster technology offerings

About the Author

Fellow Engineer with Northrop Grumman. Mauler has been designing and implementing clustered systems since the early eighties.