Windows 2000/.Net Server Clustering Little Black Book

by Christian Wolf

As Internet data warehouses continue to grow, and data availability continues to emerge as a necessity, the need for clustered systems will continue to grow as well. On the Windows .NET Server platform, cluster support has doubled. With the growth of the clustering concept, database and mail applications have evolved to take full advantage of clustering, and to push the concepts of the technology to new levels. This book gets to the heart of why and how to use Clustering services. It presents readers with details on how to implement Windows 2000 and .NET Clusters, and how to effectively manage the leading database (Oracle and SQL) and mail (Exchange and Lotus) applications in a clustered environment. It also covers topics such as general cluster administration, clustering Windows services, increasing web site availability by building IIS Server Clusters and network load balanced clusters, backup and recovery planning, and managing Microsoft Clusters with Application Center 2000.

Paperback

First published December 8, 2001