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Server Clusters: Geographically Dispersed Clusters in Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003

Overview This paper discusses multi-site network load balancing and server cluster configurations, along with how to deploy geographically dispersed clusters. Also covered are key server cluster features in Windows Server 2003. As Windows server operating systems becomes increasingly accepted in the large scale and high-end, mission critical parts of organizations, the requirements for disaster tolerance and business continuance become more and more important.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	March 2003	Downloads	55
Format	White Papers
Topics	Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Load Balancing, Network Disaster Recovery

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