Title :
A Recommended Resource for Linux-Based Companies
Author :
Ortiz-Tapia, Arturo
Author_Institution :
Mexican Petroleum Institute
Abstract :
A review of "The Linux Enterprise Cluster" by Karl Kopper. The author gathers almost all of the information necessary to build and administer a high-availability cluster based on Linux and its related free software. Two main ideas are emphasized in the text: First, a high-availability cluster is one that should act like a single unified computing resources. Second, the author explains that is is possible to make a cluster out of commodity hardware.
Keywords :
Art; Books; CD-ROMs; Companies; File systems; Hardware; Heart beat; Linux; Packaging; Petroleum; Linux; high-availability cluster;
Journal_Title :
Distributed Systems Online, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDSO.2007.47