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Starwind Enterprise Server 4.2 (Windows)

StarWind Enterprise Server is an advanced, reliable and powerful iSCSI SAN software that converts any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a scalable SAN that works over the existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise Server includes all enterprise-class features not offered in StarWind Server: Mirroring & Replication: synchronous & asynchronous...

Tags: Mirroring, Server Cluster, Starwind Software, StarWind Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-22

University of Houston's Advanced Computing Research Laboratory (ACRL) and Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC2) Uses a Server Cluster Based on the AMD Opteron Processor for Leading-Edge Scientific Research Studies

The University of Houston's Texas Learning and Computation Center is a promising research center within the university, supporting the computational sciences and engineering, and computer science as cornerstones of the university's most innovative research. There was a shift of emerging disciplines within the life sciences (i.e., bioinformatics), from being largely...

Tags: University Of Houston, Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Server Cluster, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies 2009-01-01

N-Way Fail-Over Infrastructure for Reliable Servers and Routers

Maintaining the availability of critical servers and routers is an important concern for many organizations. At the lowest level, IP addresses represent the global namespace by which services are accessible on the Internet. The paper introduces Wackamole, a completely distributed software solution based on a provably correct algorithm that negotiates...

Tags: Router, Johns Hopkins University, Server Cluster, Servers, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2008-01-01

WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Deployment Patterns, Part 2: My First WebSphere Process Server Cluster

This paper introduces the user to the My First Process Server Cluster design pattern, which is one of the deployment patterns described in the design guide for IBM WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus deployment patterns. The goal of this very basic pattern is to provide a deployment...

Tags: IBM WebSphere, Server Cluster, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-17

Overview of the Installation of a Microsoft Exchange Server Cluster

This paper presents an overview of the process for creating a Microsoft Exchange Server cluster. The intent of this paper is not to explain every detailed step involved in creating an Exchange Server cluster, but rather to provide a general guide for setting up Exchange Server in a cluster environment....

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Cluster, IBM Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-01-01

Oracle Application Server Cluster Explained: What, Why and How?

Oracle Application Server consists of many components that can be deployed in distributed topologies. The underlying paradigm used to enable high availability for Oracle Application Server middle-tier is clustering, which unites various Oracle Application Server components in certain permutations to offer scalable and unified functionality, and redundancy should any of...

Tags: Oracle Application Server, Oracle Corp., Application Server, Server Cluster, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2005-09-01

First-ever Linux-based VoIP server cluster eyed

Wholesale and retail VoIP service provider VoX Communications says it has deployed what it believes to be the first-ever VoIP application server cluster technology based on the Linux operating system. The initial deployment is in metro Orlando, Fla., and can support up to 10,000 subscribers. The company, however, believes...

Tags: VoX Communications, server, server cluster

Blog posts 2005-06-01

Creating and Configuring a Highly Available Print Server Under Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Using a Server Cluster

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring a highly available print server utilizing a typical single quorum device multi-node server cluster using a shared disk on servers running the Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition operating systems. A server cluster is a...

Tags: Print Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Cluster, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

White papers 2004-05-06

Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003

A server cluster is a group of independent servers working collectively and running the Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS. Server clusters provide high availability, failback, scalability, and manageability for resources and applications. This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating and configuring a typical single quorum device multi-node server cluster using a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Cluster, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2003-05-30

Server Clusters: Storage Area Networks

A storage area network SAN is defined as a set of interconnected devices (for example, disks and tapes) and servers that are connected to a common communication and data transfer infrastructure such as Fibre Channel. The common communication and data transfer mechanism for a given deployment is commonly known as...

Tags: SAN, Server, Server Cluster, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2003-03-01

Windows Server 2003 Clustering: New Features

This Support WebCast will discuss the new features of the server cluster technologies formerly Microsoft Cluster Service or MSCS that are included in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition.

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft Corp., Server Cluster, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts

Server Clustering Is Tailor-Made for Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a U.S. retail chain offering high-quality merchandise at prices up to 60 percent less than competitors. A retailer needs to migrate 40 Oracle-based applications from a proprietary UNIX platform to a lower-cost, highly scalable, available, flexible and manageable IT infrastructure using Intel architecture-based servers...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., Clustering, Burlington Coat Factory, Server Cluster, Intel Architecture, Servers, Hardware

Case studies

HP Server Cluster Meets the High Demands of Oil Exploration Simulations

Total is the fourth largest oil and gas company in the world and its researchers at Total E&P UK in Scotland are constantly seeking and evaluating new fields in the North Sea. Computer simulation plays a key role but these simulations have huge appetites for processing power. To meet these...

Tags: HP Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., High-performance, Server Cluster, HP Server Cluster, Leadership, Servers, Management, Hardware

Case studies

Additional Resources

Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux

This solidifies my decisionI currently have a cluster of a dozen RHEL 5.3 Cluster Suite servers. They have been a nightmare to use, maintain, and keep working right. Red Hat's clustering software is horrendously buggy. I never have gotten virtualization to work properly with the whole mess.After...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linux, UEC, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, kvm, cluster, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Live Webcast: Enhanced Availability in a Virtual Data Center with the Dell PS Series and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ introduces new capabilities designed to deliver high availability for virtualized environments. To capitalize on these capabilities, organizations must design an infrastructure that includes a robust, reliable shared-storage solution with built-in redundancy and tight integration of virtualization management capabilities. Join this live...

Tags: Virtual Data Center, Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Dell EqualLogic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Data Center Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Virtualization

Webcasts 2009-11-03

Scaring yourself and others

Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Servers, VMware Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Live Webcast: Building an Always-On Single Instance Database

New with Oracle Database 11g Release 2, Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node Oracle RAC One Node is a one-node version of Oracle RAC which enables customers to standardize on a single deployment model for all their database needs. It offers far greater benefits than traditional server virtualization to single...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Webcast, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-10-20

PetroChina Virtualizes for Efficiency, Expects 40 Percent Reduction in Server Hardware

PetroChina wanted to maximize the operational efficiency of its IT system. To do this, the company upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2 to take advantage of the enhanced Hyper-V technology and features such as Cluster Shared Volumes. As a result, the company expects to reduce server hardware by more than...

Tags: Information Technology, Efficiency, PetroChina, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Hardware

Case studies 2009-10-01

University Cuts Downtime, Saves Thousands of Dollars a Year in Data Center Costs

Indiana University is a large state university and leading research center with 100,000 students. The university's Auxiliary Information Technology AIT department, which manages IT services for auxiliary departments, deployed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V virtualization technology in its data center. The IT staff continued to look for opportunities to enhance...

Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Windows Server, Downtime, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale

ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...

Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-29