Clustering White Papers

FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!

Feb 10, 2012

IT Management > Systems Operations > Networking >
Clustering
ALSO CALLED: Server Clustering, Storage Clustering DEFINITION: In computers, clustering is the use of multiple computers, typically PCs or UNIX workstations, multiple storage devices, and redundant interconnections, to form what appears to users as a single highly available system. Cluster computing can be used for load balancing as well as for high availability. Advocates of clustering suggest that the approach can help an enterprise achieve 99.999 availability … Definition continues below.
Clustering White Papers (View All Report Types)
16 Matches

Oracle RAC Tuning Tips: There is More to Know sponsored by Confio Software WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how you can enable Oracle real application clusters (RACs) to run efficiently and as fast as, if not faster, than a single instance. Posted: 03 Jan 2012 \| Published: 03 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Clustering \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Databases \| Oracle (Product)

Dynamic Routing Architecture sponsored by Progress Software WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to find out how dynamic routing architecture (DRA) optimizes communications beyond clustering in complex, distributed topologies to enable easier scaling and greater agility in changing the IT environment to meet changing business needs and market conditions. Posted: 28 Nov 2011 \| Published: 28 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Integration \| High Availability \| Routing \| Routing Protocols \| WAN

High Availability and Load Balancing sponsored by Progress Software WHITE PAPER: This paper, the third in a series on enterprise data integration, examines how "connection-weighted load balancing" provides fast, reliable, highly available cluster processing. Posted: 28 Nov 2011 \| Published: 28 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Data Integration \| High Availability \| Load Balancing \| Load Testing

Converged Application Appliances: Delivering Simplicity And Faster Time-To-Application Value sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: In early 2011, HP tapped Forrester Consulting to evaluate converged application appliances. Forrester found these organizations achieved simplicity, faster time-to-application value, reduced costs, modular scalability, and mitigated IT project risks.More key findings are available in this paper. Posted: 08 Sep 2011 \| Published: 08 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Cloud Computing \| Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Data Integration \| Data Warehouses \| Grid Computing \| SaaS business intelligence \| SaaS ERP

Increasing IT Efficiency in a Dynamic Datacenter with a Virtualized Storage Solution sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a blueprint for a highly efficient and dynamic datacenter using Microsoft and Compellent technologies. The solution is enabled by Microsoft virtualization and the Compellent Storage Center SAN solution. Posted: 28 Jun 2011 \| Published: 28 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Clustering \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Dell PowerEdge R515 servers delivered high-availability performance for 500+ users with plenty of room for growth sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key components of a highly available architecture. Find out how one specific configuration performed and discover the essential steps required to implement it. Posted: 16 May 2011 \| Published: 16 May 2011 TOPICS: Clustering \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Switches \| Virtual Machine

The Thin DR Line How to Safeguard SQL Server Data sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: Enterprise Manager software and Instant Replay technology enable administrators to deploy a robust disaster recovery plan with multi-site failover at a fraction of the cost of other replication solutions. Enterprise Manager features an intuitive, point-and-click interface for managing any number of systems at primary and remote sites. Posted: 10 May 2011 \| Published: 10 May 2011 TOPICS: Clustering \| Disaster Recovery \| Downtime \| Enterprise \| SAN \| Server Management \| SQL \| Storage Management \| Storage Replication

Cluster Creation Made Easy - How to Create a Server Cluster and Map Multiple Volumes in an Oracle Environment sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: Thousands of IT organizations have adopted clustering to improve the availability of mission critical software services. Today, with the rapid growth of cloud computing environments, clustering is even more crucial. Dell Compellent Fluid Data storage is ideally suited to clustered environments. Read on to learn more. Posted: 09 May 2011 \| Published: 09 May 2011 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Data Centers \| Data Storage \| Fault Tolerance \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Tiered Storage

HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Servers in Highly Available Linux Environments sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and discover the benefits of running the HP DL980 on the Linux operating system. Chief among these is the lower cost inherent in a clustered Linux environment. Posted: 08 Feb 2011 \| Published: 08 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Clustering \| Data Migration \| High Availability \| Processor Architectures \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO

Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a technical overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 with an emphasis on the features and functionality that can be implemented to provide the highest availability and scalability for your enterprise applications. Posted: 22 Oct 2010 \| Published: 22 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Databases \| High Availability \| LAN \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Management

Data Grids & SOA sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty. Posted: 06 Oct 2010 \| Published: 06 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| SOA

Uptime and the Value of Clustering for Linux Servers sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization. Posted: 09 Aug 2010 \| Published: 09 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Clustering \| Data Center Management \| Fault Management \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| Linux \| Open Source \| RAID \| SAN \| Server Management

VMware vSphere™ 4 Competitive Reviewer's Guide sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this guide is to support a self-guided, hands-on evaluation of VMware vSphere™ 4 by press reviewers, technology analysts, and IT professionals who wish to compare vSphere to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 \| Published: 16 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Clustering \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Software Selection \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| VMware \| VMware ESX

Data Grids & SOA sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| SOA

Deploying Simple, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery with Dell and VMware sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime. Posted: 01 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Clustering \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure \| VMware Disaster Recovery \| VMware Server

Dell Networking Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This solutions guide details the four available networking configurations, and the advantages and disadvantages of each with an emphasis on typical Dell system configuration and the hardware offerings. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Clustering \| DHCP \| High Availability \| Network Configuration Management \| SMBs \| VLAN \| Windows Server Software

16 Matches

CLUSTERING DEFINITION (continued): … in some cases. One of the main ideas of cluster computing is that, to the outside world, the cluster appears to be a single system.A common use of cluster computing is to load balance traffic on high-traffic Web sites. A Web page request is sent to a "manager" server, which then determines which of several identical or very similar Web servers to forward the request to for handling. Having a Web farm (as such a configuration is sometimes called) allows traffic to be handled more quickly.Clustering has been available since the 1980s when it was used in DEC's VMS systems. IBM's Sysplex is a cluster …
Clustering definition sponsored by SearchDataCenter.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

Browse by Report Type:
Clustering White Papers | Clustering Multimedia | Clustering IT Downloads

TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines


Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other
TechTarget Corporate Web Site \| Media Kits All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2012, TechTarget \| Read our Privacy Statement