Windows Server® 2008 Inside Out

Chapter 39. Preparing and Deploying Server Clusters

Introducing Server Clustering

Using Network Load Balancing

Managing Network Load Balancing Clusters

Using Failover Clustering

Running Failover Clusters

Creating Failover Clusters

Managing Failover Clusters and Their Resources

Clustering technologies allow servers to be connected into multiple-server units called server clusters. Each computer connected in a server cluster is referred to as a node. Nodes work together, acting as a single unit, to provide high availability for business applications and other critical resources, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server, or Microsoft Exchange Server. Clustering allows administrators to manage the cluster nodes ...