Novell′s Guide to Storage Area Networks and Novell® Cluster ServicesTM - Softcover

Payne, Stephen C.; Wipfel, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764535811 ISBN 13: 9780764535819

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive book to cover Novell′s hot new clustering and storage area network solutions –– a security, collaboration and 100% high–availability must for any business. The book is a modular, comprehensive look at the design of SAN′s and clusters. Also included are solutions supported by NCS, NCS and SAN features, functions, implementation and troubleshooting and configuration within the SAN and cluster. The authors have taken a unique, modular approach in the book so in cases where perhaps SAN′s are being implemented in a mixed NetWare and Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system environment to share an Oracle database.

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About the Author

About the Authors Stephen C. Payne, one of the primary consultants in the development of Novell Cluster Services Practice, has managed, taught, and consulted on Novell products for nearly a decade. Robert Wipfel, a software engineer consultant in Novell′s Storage Services Group, is the architect and technical lead for the Novell Cluster Services product.

From the Back Cover

Novell′s Guide to Storage Area Networks and Novell(r) Cluster Services Set Up a Novell Clustered SAN and Say Goodbye to Costly Downtime By combining Storage Area Networks and Novell Cluster Services, the only NDS–enabled clustering product available that can support up to 32 nodes, you can create a clustered SAN – a unified, fail–safe system that houses both data and server resources and ensures high–availability network services. This focused theory–into–practice guide shows you how. Two key members of the Novell Cluster Services team walk you through the fundamentals – from setting up a SAN to creating cluster resources – and then explain in detail how to implement Novell Cluster Services with Enterprise Web Server, GroupWise, BorderManager, DNS, and other key network applications. Inside, Find Complete Coverage of SANs and Novell Cluster Services ...
∗ Implement a Storage Area Network – and achieve high availability
∗ Understand Novell Cluster Services architecture and plan a NCS configuration
∗ Install and manage Novell Cluster Services and create cluster resources
∗ Work with shared disk NSS volumes
∗ Apply Novell Cluster Services with NDPS, GroupWise 5.5 and 6, Enterprise Web Server, FTP Services, DNS and DHCP services, BorderManager, backup solutions, virus scanning solutions, and NetWare 6
∗ Get real–world tips from Novell Cluster Services case studies
∗ Troubleshoot Novell Cluster Services
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Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764535811
• ISBN 13: 9780764535819
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 864