Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters - Hardcover

Buchanan, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071417397 ISBN 13: 9780071417396

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

This book helps you deliver high performance and availability by optimizing resources. Beyond implementation and configuration, there's tuning. If only it were a matter of watching the needle 'til it hits the right spot on the dial! But it isn't and that's why you'll be glad expert Bob Buchanan shares his tuning skills in this 1-2-3 tutorial. Reducing a daunting task to a fine - but doable - art, Buchanan shows you his proven methodology for guaranteeing optimal performance."Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters" exposes the nuts and bolts of cluster and end-to-end system optimization. "Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters" gives you: an approach that puts optimization in real-life business and technical context; a proven methodology that shows you how to get more performance and availability without buying more software or hardware; step-by-step instructions that go beyond monitoring and management into proactive analysis for cluster and end-to-end system optimization; working techniques that identify bottlenecks; unmask degraded configurations; verify reliability and availability; calculate capacity needs; and help you pinpoint needed improvements; illustrated examples of solutions that are integrated into your system's operation; the best way to optimize highly redundant systems; and, tried-and-tested techniques (over 30,000 hours of experience) for locking in benefits in performance, reliability, and maintainability.

About this title

About the Author

Bob Buchanan is President and CEO of Shiloh Network Solutions, a company that creates tools and secures funding for business continuity and disaster recovery applications. He has long experience in network analysis at LANQuest Labs, 3Com, and Rolm. Bob has authored two books about network analysis: Measuring the Impact of Your Web Site and The Art of Testing Network Systems.

From the Back Cover

DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE AND AVAILABILITY BY OPTIMIZING RESOURCES

Beyond implementation and configuration, there's tuning. If only it were a matter of watching the needle 'til it hits the right spot on the dial! But it isn't and that's why you'll be glad expert Bob Buchanan shares his tuning skills in this 1-2-3 tutorial. Reducing a daunting task to a fine -- but doable -- art, Buchanan shows you his proven methodology for guaranteeing optimal performance. Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters exposes the nuts and bolts of cluster and end-to-end system optimization.

A CLUSTER IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS CONFIGURATION

Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters gives you:
* An approach that puts optimization in real-life business and technical context
* A proven methodology that shows you how to get more performance and availability without buying more software or hardware
* Step-by-step instructions that go beyond monitoring and management into proactive analysis for cluster and end-to-end system optimization
* Working techniques that identify bottlenecks; unmask degraded configurations; verify reliability and availability; calculate capacity needs; and help you pinpoint needed improvements
* Illustrated examples of solutions that are integrated into your system's operation
* The best way to optimize highly redundant systems
* Tried-and-tested techniques (over 30,000 hours of experience) for locking in benefits in performance, reliability, and maintainability

DON’T JUST BUILD IT AND MANAGE IT -- MAKE IT EARN ITS KEEP!

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071417397
• ISBN 13: 9780071417396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368