But he pointed out that it does not allow clustering as a single system image (SSI), and it requires Novell Storage Services, a technology that lets the server come up and load data quickly. Clustering services are most frequently used for servers...
The latest version of the open source OS will be tailored to high-end computer systems and will include features such as clustering and load balancing. Red Hat will this week launch an advanced version of its Linux operating system.
The list of supported guest operating systems is the same as that for hosts, but also includes Sun's Java Desktop System, VMware said. VMware Workstation 5, however, will employ technology that lets the same memory be shared by similar virtual...
Parsons said that many companies market clustering products - where a series of machines are tightly linked together to provide load-balancing and resiliency when working on massive tasks - as grid technologies.
Load balancing involves creating a cluster of servers - a group of separate physical machines that are configured with the same applications and work like one logical server. Load balancing requires special software that allows all the servers in...
GSX runs on a "host" Windows or Linux operating system and then lets "guest" operating systems run on top of it in compartments called virtual machines. First, because virtual machines can be moved from GSX to ESX, customers who try the former may...