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Webcast: Using Offsite Data Replication to Protect Your Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Clusters
White Papers Shared storage clusters such as Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) clusters provide excellent protection from server and application failures. But clusters represent just one layer of resiliency in your data protection strategy.
[December 5, 2006, 11:57]
Clusters' first stand
Talkback massive clusters running on "ms windows"? Windows Clusters leads to this as the first hit: http://www.windowsclusters.org/projects.htm and this one points from there, which is advertised as the Cornell High Performance Computing link: http://www...
[November 9, 2004, 0:26]
Why SQL Server May Be More Suitable for You: A Competitive Review of Oracle Real Application Clusters
White Papers This white paper examines the main reasons why customers might not want to implement Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in their database solutions. This paper also describes common database scenarios where a Microsoft SQL Server may provide a...
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
TIPC: Providing Communication for Linux Clusters
White Papers Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) is a protocol specially designed for efficient intra cluster communication, leveraging the particular conditions present within clusters of loosely coupled nodes.
[May 8, 2009, 4:19]
Nswap: A Network Swapping Module for Linux Clusters
White Papers These applications will perform better on clusters with network swapping support. This paper presents Nswap, a network swapping system for heterogeneous Linux clusters and networks of Linux machines. Cluster applications that process large amounts...
[October 1, 2008, 1:01]
Using ESX Server and VirtualCenter to Reduce Oracle Real Application Clusters Deployment Costs and Cycle Times
White Papers With the rapid success and market penetration of Oracle's Real Application Clusters (RAC), it has become increasingly critical to deploy these solutions quickly, consistently, and in a uniform manner.
[September 10, 2008, 0:00]
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and IBM System Storage DS3400
White Papers This paper discusses the necessary steps to prepare for and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Oracle Real Application Clusters 32-bit on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM System...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
The Right Choice for Disaster Recovery: Data Guard, Stretch Clusters or Remote Mirroring
White Papers This paper analyzed the DR and HA capabilities of three solutions available for Oracle customers - Data Guard in an MAA configuration, RAC-based Stretch Clusters, and Remote Mirroring. In today's market conditions, business continuity and disaster...
[February 3, 2005, 2:00]
Dell, HP set up new clusters
News The servers are a foundation of the company's new Unified Cluster Portfolio, which also includes HP's XC System Software to manage clusters, HP's Scalable File Share software for storage, and services to install and configure clusters.
[November 8, 2004, 7:48]
Clusters' first stand
Leader There are some massive clusters already running Windows: it can be done. It's easy to spot trends in IT -- if Dell and HP are doing it, it's a trend. The announcement that both companies are shipping new clustering servers is significant, even...
[November 8, 2004, 11:18]
Linux clusters head to the datacentre
News He also commented on the improved efficiencies of using clusters: "The old approach to reliability was to have a mainframe running your application, and if anything went wrong, you would switch over to another identical mainframe which is...
[April 3, 2003, 9:48]
US urged to take supercomputing beyond clusters
News I think only a tiny number of problems won't be handled by clusters five years from now," he predicted. Large clusters of conventional servers, machines that most often use mainstream Intel processors and the Linux operating system, are sweeping...
[November 15, 2004, 7:45]
Workload Management With Oracle Real Application Clusters
White Papers Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g (RAC) includes a highly available (HA) application framework that provides the necessary service and integration points between RAC and custom enterprise applications.
[March 10, 2006, 0:01]
The MOSIX2 Management System for Linux Clusters and Organizational Grids
White Papers MOSIX Version 2 (MOSIX2) for Linux-2.6 is a management system for clusters and organizational grids. Its main feature is to make all the participating nodes perform like a single computer with multiple processors, almost like an SMP.
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
Scaling Out With Oracle RAC 10g on Dell Clusters
White Papers Oracle Database 10g is designed to enable enterprise grid computing, which comprises clusters of industry-standard servers and modular storage working together to balance workloads by shifting resources on demand.
[June 18, 2009, 14:42]
Deploying Oracle Database 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters With Novell SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault and DellEMC Storage
White Papers This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying a two node Oracle 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters (RAC) database with Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Dell PowerEdge servers...
[August 15, 2009, 1:20]
Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS to Achieve Highly Available, Load-Balanced Clusters
White Papers This white paper describes how these features can be combined with Dell PowerEdge servers and other components to achieve high availability and high performance in clusters. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating system integrates Cluster...
[June 18, 2009, 14:40]
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.1: HP-UX Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) With HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) and Instant Recovery (IR)
White Papers This white paper provides complementary information for how to configure HP OpenView Storage Data Protector in HP-UX Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) for Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) and Instant Recovery (IR) in HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP...
[November 1, 2006, 0:00]
Architecting Linux High-Availability Clusters - Part 2
White Papers In the past, clusters for high-availability (HA) solutions were expensive and usually required proprietary hardware and software support. Today, with the availability of Linux HA software solutions, users can build a cost-effective, high...
[June 18, 2009, 14:28]
Memory and Network Bandwidth Aware Scheduling of Multiprogrammed Workloads on Clusters of SMPs
White Papers Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMPs), combined with modern interconnection technologies are commonly used to build cost-effective compute clusters. Then, the paper presents the design and implementation of an informed gang-like scheduling algorithm...
[July 11, 2008, 1:02]
