Designing and Deploying Server Clusters
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Server clusters ensure that applications continue to run in the event of planned service downtime due to maintenance or during unplanned downtime due to hardware or network failure. In order to design server clusters, organizations need to understand the applications that they intend to host on a server cluster, namely the best way to deploy and configure the application in a clustering environment, and they also need to know the server cluster’s storage and capacity requirements.
In This Chapter
Overview of the Server Clusters Design Process
Analyzing High-Availability Requirements
Determining How to Deploy Applications
Designing the Support Structure for Server Clusters
Protecting Data from Failure or Disaster
Additional Resources for Server Clusters
Related Information
For more information about planning for high availability see "Planning for High Availability and Scalability" in this book.
For more information about Network Load Balancing clusters, see "Designing Network Load Balancing" in this book.
For more information about clustered print servers, see "Designing and Deploying Print Servers" in this book.
For more information about clustered file servers, see "Designing and Deploying File Servers" in this book.
For more information about designing storage systems, see "Planning for Storage" in this book.