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Migrating Failover Clusters to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers

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Overview The MicrosoftÂ® Windows ServerÂ® 2008 OS includes significant changes to the failover clustering architecture designed to enhance flexibility and availability, but migrating a cluster from Windows Server 2003 can be challenging. Following best practices can help administrators plan and execute a smooth migration for clusters based on DellÂ™ PowerEdgeÂ™ servers.

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Publisher	Dell	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Application Servers, Windows Server 2008, Database Applications

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Business Continuity: How quickly do you plan to bounce back?

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IBM

Meeting the Growing Need for Real-Time Data Movement in the Enterprise

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Publisher:
Sybase

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network disaster recovery

Mission-Critical Workloads for Windows Servers : How NEC Supports IT Best Practices

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Publisher:
NEC

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network disaster recovery

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Publisher:
Sybase

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network disaster recovery

Sybase Raises the Bar on Database Replication

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Publisher:
Sybase

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network disaster recovery

The Bloor Perspective: NT clusters, open source in healthcare and Bezos' brand new dilemma

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Comment & Analysis

HP to reanimate OpenVMS

OpenVMS 8.2 supports clusters of as many as 16 machines - up to eight Alpha-based and up to eight Itanium-based in the same group, a source familiar with the software said. OpenVMS for Itanium will come with many of the abilities of the Alpha...

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Operating Systems

64-bit Windows unleashed on the public

Specifically, Allchin said Microsoft will make better use of the no-execute chip feature, which helps prevent overflow errors. There are also ways that Microsoft can use the added bits to enhance security, he said.

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IT Pro
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windows,
64-bit

Longhorn Server will 'fix itself on the fly'

On Thursday, Microsoft also released the first beta version of Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition, a new edition of its Server OS aimed at high-end computing clusters. One of the goals, Price said, is to make the software similar to...

Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters

Security vendor Symantec warned that exploits for the vulnerabilities would not require much user interaction to execute. Security-management company Lumension advised IT administrators to concentrate on patching the vulnerabilities in Office and...

Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users

Roy Illsley, senior research analyst at Butler Group, told silicon.com: "They've listened to people and put into 2008 the enhancements that the system administrators and people like that actually want to see in an operating system.

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