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Clustering: Using two or more computer systems that work together. It generally refers to multiple servers that are linked together in order to handle variable workloads or to provide continued...; Full Clustering Definition >>

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TechNet Edge Series: Interview with Virtualization PMs: Interview with the program managers who are responsible for the development of Windows Server®2008 Virtualization – Mike Sterling and Arno Mihm. Hear about what hypervisor is, how hypervisor works, and plans for the future of Virtualization. To view the entire video click here.; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft TechNet, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Clustering, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Videos 2008-04-29
TechNet Edge Series: Windows Server®2008 Failover Clustering: Demonstration uses six virtual machines all running on one laptop (domain controller, iSCSI SAN, three Server Core cluster nodes and a 2008 member server from which he runs the demo). To view the entire video click here.; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Windows Server 2008, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Microsoft Windows, Servers, Storage, Hardware; Videos 2008-04-29
Questioning IT: Questioning IT This is the 14th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. This section is concerned with things you should talk to your CIO about - informally, but with attention. Topic one: disaster avoidance Basically...; Tags: CIO, Data Center, Information Technology, Credit Card, Clustering, Membership Database, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-18
How to Guide: SQL Server 2005 Clustering: This paper shows how SQL Server 2005 is implemented on a failover cluster, how to install and configure SQL Server 2005 for failover clustering, and best practices for SQL Server 2005 clustering. As SQL Server 2005 environments move from smaller installations to larger mission-critical enterprises, the need for the database...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Environment, Clustering, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2008-02-19
Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?: As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they're not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. Why is it that when I speak to a Kusnetzky Group client, I almost always have to help them understand that virtualization is a...; Tags: Software, Operating System, Clustering, Technology, Virtual Machine, Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-14

Why do people deploy processing virtualization?: Processing virtualization, in the Kusnetzky Group model of virtualization technology, is technology that operates at or below the operating system level that creates a logical or virtual environment that differs from the actual physical environment in some way. There are a number of benefits to working in...; Tags: Software, Environment, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Machine, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-06
TechNet Webcast: Build High-Availability Infrastructures With Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering (Level 300): The attendee of this webcast will discover how failover clustering with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise enables to build a highly available infrastructure. The speaker will give an overview of the new and improved clustering architecture, describe new strategies for tools migration, and demonstrate the improved features. The attendee will hear...; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Webcasts 2008-01-21
Windows Server 2008 Helps Outsourcing Firm Improve IT Reliability, Serve Customers: As a provider of business process outsourcing, eTelecare is the point of first contact for customers of some of the world's most recognizable brands. To give these customers the best possible experience, eTelecare needs IT systems that operate with nearly continuous uptime. eTelecare recognized that clustering its file servers would...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Clustering, Outsourcing, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), File Servers, Strategy, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Management, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-01
WS_FTP Server (exe): Unrivaled Security: 256-bit AES transport encryption, SHA-512 file integrity, login authentication encryption, digital certificate management and strong password policies. Powerful Administrator Control: Define access to files with granular permissions by folder, user and group and set limitations on storage space, file count and bandwidth utilization. Trigger Communication and Workflows: Generate...; Tags: Ipswitch Inc., Digital Certificate, Clustering, High Availability, Digital Security, Servers, Security, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-20
Clustering Tags in Enterprise and Web Folksonomies: Off late there has been massive growth in the use of tags as a simple, flexible way to categorize resources. Tags are often used collaboratively to help share information using website; such as del.icio.us. However, the number of tags used in such a service is extremely large, so the unstructured...; Tags: Web, Hewlett-Packard Co., Clustering, Tag; White papers 2007-12-07
Real-Time Multistage Attack Awareness Through Enhanced Intrusion Alert Clustering: Correlation and fusion of intrusion alerts to provide effective Situation Awareness of cyber-attacks has become an active area of research. Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection sensor. For many networks and their system administrators, the alerts generated by Snort are the primary indicators of network misuse and attacker...; Tags: Snort, Clustering, University At Buffalo, Intrusion, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking; White papers 2007-12-01
TechNet Webcast: Creating Business Continuity Solutions Using Windows Virtualization (Level 200): This webcast looks at how two fictional companies, Contoso and Fabrikam, used Windows Server virtualization and clustering to create business continuity solutions for their Microsoft SQL Server and infrastructure workloads. It shows how they utilized the new features in Windows Server virtualization, such as live backup, health monitoring, quick migration,...; Tags: Webcast, Clustering, Microsoft Corp., Business Continuity, Microsoft TechNet, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, It Services, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Storage; Webcasts 2007-11-05
Which should I choose Clustering or Virtual Machine Replication?: I was chatting with a Kusnetzky Group client the other day and he asked a question that seemed to have an obvious answer at first but, seemed more complex as we discussed it. The question was should his organization deploy a clustered solution, such as SteelEye's LifeKeeper or encapsulate applications...; Tags: Environment, Clustering, Replication, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Applications will perform exactly as before in a virtual environment: I've been reviewing some of the points of discussion in recent conversations with Kusnetzky Group clients in recent posts. This post focuses on how virtualization impacts application performance. Some suppliers are downplaying the impact their technology has on application performance and yet adding another layer of software...; Tags: Software, Application, Monitor, Performance, Environment, Clustering, Application Performance, Clustering Monitor, Performance Degradation, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-10-04
Managing Virtual Server Host Clustering Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMM 2007 manages a virtualized data center running Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and provides unified management of physical and virtual machines, consolidation of underutilized physical servers, and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines. This paper provides an introduction to the methods and concepts that...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Clustering, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-10-01
Makamaka: Google's grand plan for social networking: David Greenfield points to a post by Google Operating System via Google Blogoscoped about a video explaining Google's plans to add a social fabric to its applications, a la Facebook. The video, which has been removed from Google Video, apparently comes from an in-house "tech talk" presentation by Google's Ben...; Tags: Social Networking, Google Inc., Network, Google Reader, Clustering, Exception, User, News, Makamaka, Mustang, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-09-11
Deployment Cookbook: Quick Migration With Virtual Server Host Clustering - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition & Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1: Most mid-sized and larger businesses may want to enable high availability within their virtual infrastructures. This is possible with Microsoft Virtual Server host clustering, which can provide a wide variety of services through a small number of physical servers and, at the same time, maintain availability of the services provided....; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2007-09-11
Deployment Cookbook: Quick Migration With Virtual Server Host Clustering: Virtual Server host clustering is a way of combining Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with the server cluster feature in Windows Server 2003. This paper describes a simple configuration in which Virtual Server 2005 R2 is used to configure one guest operating system, and configure a server cluster that has...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Clustering, Migration, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-09-06
Delivering High Availability, Platform Flexibility, and a 50 Percentage Point Gain in Utilization With an Innovative Clustering From Symantec and ServerWare Corporation: To help keep current flowing to nearly 20 million power-hungry New Yorkers, the New York Independent System Operator NYISO and ServerWare Corporation, a Symantec business partner, developed an innovative active-active architecture for disaster recovery. It uses Symantec clustering and Solaris 10 Containers to meet recovery targets, boost utilization by a...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Clustering, High Availability, NYISO, Security; Case studies 2007-08-29
Do companies benefit from social networking?: According to two U.S. researchers, fewer degrees of separation make companies more innovative. They've studied the innovative performance of about a thousand companies in various industries over a six-year period. And they've concluded that "companies that network and form strategic alliances are more creative and develop more patented inventions than...; Tags: Social Networking, Alliance, Network, Knowledge, Industry, Benefit, Firm, Alliance Network, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-17