Further Information on the Failover Cluster API
For more information on the technologies used by the Failover Cluster API, refer to the following resources.
| Information | Resource |
|---|---|
Installing, configuring, and administering a failover cluster Using Cluster Administrator |
The documentation included with the operating system. |
| The concept of clustering, common clustering models, and the history and current state of clustering technology | In Search of Clusters, Second Edition, by Gregory F. Pfister, ISBN: 0-13-899709-8. (It also compares failover clusters with other clustering solutions.) |
| Component Object Model (COM) programming and Automation | COM and Automation documentation on MSDN. In addition, the book Inside COM by Dale Rogerson, ISBN: 1-57231-349-8, presents a good introduction to COM theory and design using C/C++. |
| Supporting Unicode in your applications | Unicode. Another excellent source of Unicode information is Advanced Windows by Jeffrey Richter. |
| Scripting | Windows Script Host, Active Server Pages (ASP), Scripting, JScript Language, and VBScript Language References on MSDN. |
| Synchronization objects, asynchronous event notifications, reentrancy, services, and thread and process management | DLLs and Processes and Threads. |
Note These resources may not be available in some languages and countries.