In Search of Clusters - Couverture souple

Pfister, Gregory

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0138997098 ISBN 13 : 9780138997090

Editeur : Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

As Microsoft's much-touted "Wolfpack" Cluster Server shows, clustering technology has arrived in the marketplace. Clustering is now a strategic direction for Microsoft, Compaq, IBM, Sun, DEC, Novell, and every other large computer company – and their products are rolling out now. This comprehensive, highly-readable guide helps you make sense of clustering in all its forms, not just a single company's offering. Gregory Pfister – one of the world's most respected experts on clustering technology – delivers all the information you need to make critical strategic decisions. He introduces the primary hardware and software technologies involved in clusters, and shows why they have become popular – and will become increasingly important. He presents the background that system planners, purchasers, designers and architects need to make effective use of clustering. He compares different types of clusters and the workloads they are best used for. He presents a detailed comparison of clusters with symmetric multiprocessing -- demonstrating major differences that are often "papered over." The book contains extensive new coverage of availability issues, as well as detailed coverage of Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA), the technology at the heart of new offerings from Sequent, HP, Pyramid, NCR and others. "Pfister is a prophet with an attitude..." – Norris Parker Smith, HPCWire.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

GREGORY PFISTER obtained his Ph.D. from MIT. He has been an Instructor at MIT, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. For many years, he has been a member of IBM's R&D staff, currently at a senior level. He holds six patents in parallel processing.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

89970-8

The #1 guide to clustering for every IT professional!

From Microsoft to IBM, Compaq to Sun to DEC, virtually every large computer company now uses clustering as a key strategy for high-availability, high-performance computing. This book tells you why-and how. It cuts through the marketing hype and techno-religious wars surrounding parallel processing, delivering the practical information you need to purchase, market, plan or design servers and other high-performance computing systems.

• Microsoft Cluster Services ("Wolfpack")
• IBM Parallel Sysplex and SP systems
• DEC OpenVMS Cluster and Memory Channel
• Tandem ServerNet and Himalaya
• Intel Virtual Interface Architecture
• Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMPs) and NUMA systems

With unequalled simplicity, directness, and humor, expert Gregory Pfister delivers all the information you need to make critical strategic decisions. He introduces the primary technologies involved in clustering, and shows why they are becoming so important. He compares clustering with symmetric multiprocessing, demonstrating major differences that are often "papered over." The legendary first edition of this book predicted the cluster revolution now underway. Its refreshing style, candid opinions, and simple explanations made it an underground classic. This new edition adds more than 150 pages of new material, including detailed new coverage of high availability, and Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0138997098
• ISBN 13: 9780138997090
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible