The Linux Enterprise Cluster, w. CD-ROM - Build a Highly Available Cluster with Commodity Hardware and free Software

The Linux Enterprise Cluster explains how to take a number of inexpensive computers with limited resources, place them on a normal computer network, and install free software so that the computers act together like one powerful server. This makes it possible to build a very inexpensive and reliable business system for a small business or a large corporation. The book includes information on how to build a high-availability server pair using the Heartbeat package, how to use the Linux Virtual Server load balancing software, how to configure a reliable printing system in a Linux cluster environment, and how to build a job scheduling system in Linux with no single point of failure. The book also includes information on high availability techniques that can be used with or without a cluster, making it helpful for System Administrators even if they are not building a cluster. Anyone interested in deploying Linux in an environment where low cost computer reliability is important will find t

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• Authors: Karl Kopper
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9781593270360
• ISBN: 978-1-59327-036-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Weight: 745 g
• Illustrations: mit 1 CD-ROM
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Linux, Clustertechnologie