Product Description
IT professionals attempting to build robust, high-performance clustered systems with Microsoft technology desperately need authoritative guidance written from the perspective of real, hands-on implementers. Windows 2000 Clustering and Load Balancing Handbook has what they've been searching for. Simple enough for newcomers, thorough enough for those experienced with Windows clusters, it's full of practical techniques that make it invaluable in any clustered environment. Joseph M. Lamb systematically addresses each key Windows 2000 clustering technology, including Failover Clustering, Load-Balance Clustering, Distributed Systems Clustering, and Component Load Balancing. Lamb shows how to use clustering to improve fault tolerance and performance, how to design clusters that will operate within switched Ethernet network environments; and how to integrate cluster servers with network services such as DNS, WINS, and Active Directory. The book includes real-world cluster system design examples that show how to maximize both flexibility and scalability, and provides detailed step-by-step instructions for clustering SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, Windows 2000 file/print shares, Internet Information Server and more.
From the Back Cover
The definitive, hands-on guide to Windows 2000 clustering!
- Microsoft clustering: hands on, step by step!
- Planning, deployment, and administration
- Supporting DNS, Active Directory, and other network services
- Clustering SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, file/print, IIS, and more
- Managing clusters with Application Center 2000
Building robust, high-performance clustered systems with Microsoft technology? There's no room for error: too much is riding on your data and your applications. Get the one book that delivers authoritative guidance from the standpoint of real, hands-on implementers: Windows 2000 Clustering and Load Balancing Handbook.
Regardless of your application, or how much (or little) clustering experience you have, this book's specific, tested techniques will support you every step of the way — through design, construction, and day-to-day administration. Coverage includes:
- Failover clustering, load-balance clustering, distributed systems clustering, and component load balancing
- Maximizing fault tolerance, performance, flexibility, and scalability
- Integrating cluster servers with DNS, WINS, Active Directory, and other network services
- Clustering SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, Windows 2000 file/print shares, Internet Information Server, and more
- Managing clusters with Application Center 2000
This is Microsoft clustering hands on: step-by-step directions; practical optimization techniques; and solutions for the challenges, applications, and software environments you're most likely to face. If you're deploying or supporting a Windows cluster enterprise, this book is simply indispensable.
