The Linux Enterprise Cluster: Build a Highly Available Cluster with Commodity Hardware and Free Software (CD-ROM Included) by Karl Kopper

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  • Pub. Date: May 2005
  • 430pp

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    • Pub. Date: May 2005
    • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
    • Format: Hardcover, 430pp

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    A cluster consists of multiple computers on a network that pool their resources and act as a single powerful computers. Kopper, who has been working with distributed computing environments for nearly 20 years, explains to system administrators using Linux how to construct and install one for use by a business. He also includes arguments for why such a cluster is cheaper and more reliable than alternatives, to help convince the bosses. The disk contains all the necessary software to build a cluster on top of any Linux distribution. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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    Karl Kopper has worked for nearly 20 years with distributed computing environments on many platforms, including Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX. He has contributed to the development of numerous Linux and open source projects, including Heartbeat, Ganglia, Linux Virtual Server (LVS), Kernel and Zope. When not building high-availability clusters, he enjoys gardening.

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    Linux Enterprise Cluster: Build a Highly Available Cluster with Commodity Hardware and Free Softwareby Anonymous

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    December 12, 2006: I have read the whole book, but i couldnt get some answers for the following questions How much disk space is required Will this work on all linux versions, Can it to setup to use fixed IP address Can it be used to backup current configuration

    Linux Enterprise Cluster: Build a Highly Available Cluster with Commodity Hardware and Free Softwareby Anonymous

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    May 21, 2005: The book offers practical advice in putting together the hardware of several linux machines. Such that you end up with one big and robust computer. The attraction is price. The machines use commodity hardware and linux is free. As opposed to an expensive monolithic computer. The book's audience appears to be a sysadmin or network designer. Very details oriented. Much attention is given to system utilities that you will need to monitor this network that is the cluster. A big benefit of the book is in simply educating you as to what utilities have already been written under linux, to support clusters. The clustering described in the book does not seem to encompass mentioning Beowulf clusters. The latter is an alternative approach that has seen some adoption in scientific circles. I'm guessing that from what the book describes of a linux enterprise cluster, that the omission might be because linux now has the equivalent capability.