
TruCluster Server Handbook
Digital Press
Published on 10. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
854 pages
978-1-55558-259-3 (ISBN)
Description
The TruCluster Server Handbook authoritatively details how to plan, design, install, configure, and administer a cluster of Tru64 UNIX systems. The book explains how to configure and optimize hardware underlying a TruCluster server, including storage servers so critical to running a high-end cluster operation. This book provides best practices and techniques drawn from the authors' extensive experiences in the field with systems designers, systems managers, developers, and users. The authors include a former Tru64 UNIX Technical Group Leader with HP's Consulting Division and a top industry figure, and two former TruCluster Server Team Leaders with the Customer Support Center.
Reviews / Votes
"Outstanding book on all aspects of TruClusters! A great resource for ANY TruCluster system administrator out there."-Kent Ferson, VP for Tru64 UNIX Engineering, Hewlett-Packard Company"Clustering is an extremely important technology for any businesses where 'high availability' is not just a buzzword, it's a necessity. The authors' experience with this clustering technology is unmatched. They have a deep understanding of clustering internals developed over the years since TruCluster technology itself started with DEC. TruCluster is the most advanced Unix clustering available, and you need to have someone on your side who has been through every battle. Keep this book in your pocket; it's the next best thing to having the authors on your team."-Keith A. Iverson, VP for IT, Iverson Financial Services Inc.
"This book is a great resource for anyone running, planning, or even considering a TruCluster system; I wish it had been available when I was in the middle of setting up our first TruCluster!" -Christopher K. Davis, Team Leader, Systems Administration, Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrated; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55558-259-3 (9781555582593)
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Scott Fafrak | Jim Lola | Dennis O'Brien
Trucluster Server Handbook
E-Book
01/2003
Digital Press
€53.95
Available for download
Persons
Scott Fafrak is a Senior Consultant and Instructor for BRUDEN Corporation, which provides TruCluster, Tru64 UNIX, and OpenVMS training and course development throughout the US. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Tru64 UNIX Ambassadors at Compaq Computer Corporation. He was formerly the TruCluster Focal Team Leader for the UNIX Expert Team at Compaq's Customer Support Center in Alpharetta, GA. During his 13+ years with Compaq (and Digital) he supported UNIX and cluster technology as a Consultant, Software Engineer, Instructor, and System Administrator. Jim Lola is a member of the Computing Technologies Group at Genentech, Inc., in South San Francisco, CA. He was formerly a Senior UNIX Systems Consultant and UNIX Ambassador with Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computer Corp. He has been designing and implementing UNIX Clustered solutions (from Compaq, Sun/Veritas, and Linux/Beowulf) for 6 years and has been working on different variants of UNIX since 1978. Dennis F. O'Brien is a private consultant having held senior IT security positions within Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Citigroup and other Fortune 100 financial sector enterprises. Dennis is a well-known technical expert having more than 30 years' experience in the exploitation of controls, comes to us as a canary to discuss the kinds of "evil things? that can be done using well-intended, generally available, tools and services such as RFID. Examining the big picture and then presenting realistic scenarios, such as destabilizing public faith in the financial services industry or corrupting an asset database through input data tampering, are examples of his work.He is known for his annual predictions of possible mal-events may occur in the near future and what the results might be. Greg Yates is currently a Senior Consultant on the Tru64 UNIX Support team at Hewlett-Packard Company. Bradford Nichols is an Enterprise UNIX Consultant in the TransitionEngineering and Consulting organization, Hewlett-Packard Company.
Author
Senior Consultant and Instructor, Bruden Corporation, USA
Senior Systems Programmer and Manager, UNIX Systems Programming for CIT, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
Co-owner of the Bruden Corporation, Danvers, MA, USA
Senior consultant, UNIX support group, Hewlett-Packard Company
Enterprise UNIX Consultant, Transition Engineering and Consulting organization, Hewlett-Packard Company
Content
Part I: Introduction; Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Overview
Part II: Design and Configuration of a Tru64 UNIX Cluster: Designing a Cluster; Technology Considerations for a Cluster; Cluster Configuration Planning
Part III: Installing and Configuring the Tru64 Operating System: Installing Tru64 UNIX; Configuring Tru64 UNIX
Part IV: Cluster Hooks: File System Hierarchy, Context Dependent; Symbolic Links, Process IDs; Device Naming and Hardware Management; The Event Manager; Network Interface Failure Finder, NetRAIN, and Link Aggregation
Part V: Creating a Cluster: Planning the Cluster Implementation; Creating and Configuring a Single Node Cluster; Cluster Installation Verification; Part VI: Adding and Removing Cluster Members: Planning for Adding a New Cluster Member; Adding and Configuring the New Cluster Member/Deleting a Cluster Member; Verifying the Configuration of a New Cluster Member; Cluster Hooks; Part VII: Cluster Subsystems: Devices and File Systems; Communications
Part VIII: Cluster System Administration: System, Network, and Cluster Administration Tasks; Maintenance and Recovery
Part IX: Application Deployment in a Cluster: Cluster Application Availability; Application Deployment Examples
Part X: Upgrading and Patching a Cluster: Performing a Rolling Patch or Upgrade; Considerations for Migrating to TruCluster Server
Part XI: Appendices: Programming APIs; Resources; Glossary
Part II: Design and Configuration of a Tru64 UNIX Cluster: Designing a Cluster; Technology Considerations for a Cluster; Cluster Configuration Planning
Part III: Installing and Configuring the Tru64 Operating System: Installing Tru64 UNIX; Configuring Tru64 UNIX
Part IV: Cluster Hooks: File System Hierarchy, Context Dependent; Symbolic Links, Process IDs; Device Naming and Hardware Management; The Event Manager; Network Interface Failure Finder, NetRAIN, and Link Aggregation
Part V: Creating a Cluster: Planning the Cluster Implementation; Creating and Configuring a Single Node Cluster; Cluster Installation Verification; Part VI: Adding and Removing Cluster Members: Planning for Adding a New Cluster Member; Adding and Configuring the New Cluster Member/Deleting a Cluster Member; Verifying the Configuration of a New Cluster Member; Cluster Hooks; Part VII: Cluster Subsystems: Devices and File Systems; Communications
Part VIII: Cluster System Administration: System, Network, and Cluster Administration Tasks; Maintenance and Recovery
Part IX: Application Deployment in a Cluster: Cluster Application Availability; Application Deployment Examples
Part X: Upgrading and Patching a Cluster: Performing a Rolling Patch or Upgrade; Considerations for Migrating to TruCluster Server
Part XI: Appendices: Programming APIs; Resources; Glossary