Using the information in this book, readers will be able to design and implement a cluster.-- Explains the implementation, configuration and maintenance aspects of clustering.
-- Clustering with Linux is a comprehensive reference guide for system administrators, programmers or network administrators tasked with load balancing and capacity management.
-- Provides readers with two ready-to-run templates for server a Web server cluster, and a database server cluster.
Clustering with Linux covers the relevant details and concepts of clustering, and details the process of implementing both scientific and commercial clusters. Topics covered history of high availability (mainframe world, UNIX); types of high availability solutions (clusters, load-balancers, redundant hardware); types of clusters (NuMA Beowulf), distributed calculations, commercial clusters, load-balancing clusters, HA-clusters); disks sharing, configuration; building a scientific cluster (hardware issues, networking issues, software (MOSIX, NUMA, Beowulf) configuration, maintenance, backup/restore; building a high vailability commercial cluster with Linux (MOSIX, Understudy); cross-platform clustering, and security.