Building High Availability Windows Server 2003 Solutions

Over the last year many companies and government organizations began

migrating from platforms such as UNIX to the Windows 2003 platform to

have a high performance system that is available 24X7. However, these

organizations face a huge learning curve on how best to set up high

performance Windows Server 2003 networks for maximum availability and

power. This book provides a...
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Over the last year many companies and government organizations began

migrating from platforms such as UNIX to the Windows 2003 platform to

have a high performance system that is available 24X7. However, these

organizations face a huge learning curve on how best to set up high

performance Windows Server 2003 networks for maximum availability and

power. This book provides a clear and concise road map on keeping systems

up 24X7 with the Windows platform. It delves into topics that explain how to

use Windows Server 2003 technology for scalability, uptime, performance, and

management, and how to avoid getting in trouble at the same time. This book

answers questions network administrators ask such as, "Should we cluster, load

balance, or both? Or should we invest in hot standbys? What works best?"

After providing answers, Shapiro goes beyond discussing failover and fault

tolerance to explaining monitoring, disaster recovery, and choosing the right

technology to achieve maximum availability and high performance. This is the

first book that not only provides thorough coverage of core cluster

configuration and load balancing, but also explains how to maintain and

administer a Windows 2003 high performance system, and restore and recover

failed servers in the event of a disaster.