Clustering services are most frequently used for servers that host Web content, application and data rather than file and print services. Neil McDonald, an analyst with the GartnerGroup, believes the software will give users a reason to stay with...
Simple clustering provides a partial solution, offering continued service through failover if the primary server node fails. Bringing the technology to NT allows users to configure NT clusters of up to 32 nodes and to manage up to 256 clusters from...
To fully understand the theory, says Peter Cochrane, we must consider the concept of a 'super node'. The most revealing discovery related to this theory has been that of the 'super node'. For us such a node might be a manager who knows thousands of...
When you buy a cluster, the price per node in the cluster is going to be reduced" compared to regular Windows, Theimer said in a presentation at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The company has not announced final pricing for the...
The idea is that each lamppost will contain a wireless node, which in turn will host "strategically placed content", to be picked up by any wirelessly enabled passer-by. But information for passers-by is only the first stage, as applications have...
Paul Ducklin, head of technology at Sophos said a supercomputer differs drastically due to how CPU nodes are interconnected and the speed at which data can be pushed from one node to another. It has a very high number of distributed nodes, so it...