System Area Network Cards
As processing needs become ever greater and demands on server availability increase, single-server systems are giving way to server clusters. In a server cluster, systems can share storage and processing power and are fault tolerant; that is, if a system in the cluster fails, one of the other systems in the cluster can take over for it and continue processing.
This level of functionality requires many things. It needs operating systems that are capable of being clustered and applications that can do the same. It also requires that the systems in the cluster be able to talk to each other. That's where system area network cards come in.
System area network cards are used in clustered systems to facilitate communication ...
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