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Table of Contents
List of Figures.
Foreword.
Foreword to the 1996 Edition.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
1. Basic High Availability Concepts.
What Is High Availability? High Availability as a Business Requirement. What Are the Measures of High Availability? Understanding the Obstacles to High Availability. Preparing Your Organization for High Availability. The Starting Point for a Highly Available System. Moving to High Availability. Summary.
2. Clustering to Eliminate Single Points of Failure.
Identifying Single Points of Failure. Eliminating Power Sources as Single Points of Failure. Eliminating Disks as Single Points of Failure. Eliminating SPU Components as Single Points of Failure. Eliminating Single Points of Failure in Networks. Eliminating Software as a Single Point of Failure. Implementing a High Availability Cluster.
3. High Availability Cluster Components.
Nodes and Cluster Membership. HA Architectures and Cluster Components. Other HA Subsystems. Mission-Critical Consulting and Support Services.
4. Cluster Monitoring and Management.
Basics of Monitoring. Event Monitoring Services. HA Monitors. Hardware Monitors. ServiceGuard Manager. High Availability Observatory. System and Network Management Products. ServiceControl Manager.
5. Disaster-Tolerant High Availability Systems.
Types of Disasters. Disaster Recovery Planning. Disaster-Tolerant vs. Highly Available. L11Protecting Data from Disaster. Disaster-Tolerant Architectures. Local Clusters. Campus Clusters. Metropolitan Clusters. Continental Clusters. Business Recovery Services.
6. Enterprise-Wide High Availability Solutions.
Storage Area Networks. Shared Tape Solutions and HA Omniback. Highly Available SAP. Consolidating Applications in HA Clusters. 5nines:5minutes .
7. Sample High Availability Solutions.
Highly Available NFS System for Publishing. Stock Quotation Service. Order Entry and Catalog Application. Insurance Company Database. Disaster-Tolerant Metropolitan Cluster for City Services. SAN Configuration for an Internet Service Provider. Glossary of High Availability Terminology.
Index.