TruCluster Server Handbook (HP Technologies)

Scott Fafrak; Jim Lola; Dennis O'Brien; Gregory Yates; Brad Nichols

ISBN 10: 1555582591 / ISBN 13: 9781555582593

Published by Digital Press, 2002

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1555582591I5N00

Synopsis:

The TruCluster Server Handbook authoritatively details how to plan, design, install, configure, and administer a cluster of Tru64 UNIX systems. The book explains how to configure and optimize hardware underlying a TruCluster server, including storage servers so critical to running a high-end cluster operation. This book provides best practices and techniques drawn from the authors' extensive experiences in the field with systems designers, systems managers, developers, and users. The authors include a former Tru64 UNIX Technical Group Leader with HP's Consulting Division and a top industry figure, and two former TruCluster Server Team Leaders with the Customer Support Center.

• Learn to install TruCluster Server from the ground up
• Get the most out of your cluster environment with the authors' practical tips and tricks
• Attain availability, scalability, and simplified manageability in your IT systems operation

About the Authors: Scott Fafrak is a Senior Consultant and Instructor for BRUDEN Corporation, which provides TruCluster, Tru64 UNIX, and OpenVMS training and course development throughout the US. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Tru64 UNIX Ambassadors at Compaq Computer Corporation. He was formerly the TruCluster Focal Team Leader for the UNIX Expert Team at Compaq's Customer Support Center in Alpharetta, GA. During his 13+ years with Compaq (and Digital) he supported UNIX and cluster technology as a Consultant, Software Engineer, Instructor, and System Administrator.

Jim Lola is a member of the Computing Technologies Group at Genentech, Inc., in South San Francisco, CA. He was formerly a Senior UNIX Systems Consultant and UNIX Ambassador with Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq Computer Corp. He has been designing and implementing UNIX Clustered solutions (from Compaq, Sun/Veritas, and Linux/Beowulf) for 6 years and has been working on different variants of UNIX since 1978.

Dennis F. O'Brien is a private consultant having held senior IT security positions within Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Citigroup and other Fortune 100 financial sector enterprises. Dennis is a well-known technical expert having more than 30 years’ experience in the exploitation of controls, comes to us as a canary to discuss the kinds of “evil things” that can be done using well-intended, generally available, tools and services such as RFID. Examining the big picture and then presenting realistic scenarios, such as destabilizing public faith in the financial services industry or corrupting an asset database through input data tampering, are examples of his work.

He is known for his annual predictions of possible mal-events may occur in the near future and what the results might be.

Greg Yates is currently a Senior Consultant on the Tru64 UNIX Support team at Hewlett-Packard Company.

Bradford Nichols is an Enterprise UNIX Consultant in the Transition

Engineering and Consulting organization, Hewlett-Packard Company.

Bibliographic Details

Title: TruCluster Server Handbook (HP Technologies)
Publisher: Digital Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket