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

By Karl Kopper

The Linux Enterprise Cluster explains how to take a number of inexpensive computers with limited resources, place them on a normal computer network, and install free software so that the computers act together like one powerful server. This makes it possible to build a very inexpensive and reliable business system for a small business or a large corporation. The book includes information on how to build a high-availability server pair using the Heartbeat package, how to use the Linux Virtual Server load balancing software, how to configure a reliable printing system in a Linux cluster environment, and how to build a job scheduling system in Linux with no single point of failure. The book also includes information on high availability techniques that can be used with or without a cluster, making it helpful for System Administrators even if they are not building a cluster. Anyone interested in deploying Linux in an environment where low cost computer reliability is important will find t

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593270364
• ISBN13: 9781593270360
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 7.0"