Chapter 1. Cluster and Complex System Design Issues
This chapter addresses the following topics:
The need for a business to have a highly available, clustered system
System failures that influence business decisions
Factors to consider when designing a clustered system
Failure modes specific to clusters, synchronization, and arbitration
To understand why you are designing a clustered system, you must first understand the business need for such a system. Your understanding of the complex system failures that can occur in such systems will influence the decision to use a clustered system and will also help you design a system to handle such failures. You must also consider issues such as data synchronization, arbitration, caching, timing, and clustered ...
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