Pro Linux High Availability Clustering

by Sander van Vugt

Pro Linux High Availability Clustering teaches you how to implement this fundamental Linux add-on into your business. Linux High Availability Clustering is needed to ensure the availability of mission critical resources. The technique is applied more and more in corporate datacenters around the world. While lots of documentation about the subject is available on the internet, it isn't always easy to build a real solution based on that scattered information, which is often oriented towards specific tasks only. Pro Linux High Availability Clustering explains essential high-availability clustering components on all Linux platforms, giving you the insight to build solutions for any specific case needed.

In this book four common cases will be Configuring Apache for high availabilityCreating an Open Source SAN based on DRBD, iSCSI and HA clusteringSetting up a load-balanced web server cluster with a back-end, highly-available databaseSetting up a KVM virtualization platform with high-availability protection for a virtual machine.

With the knowledge you'll gain from these real-world applications, you'll be able to efficiently apply Linux HA to your work situation with confidence. Author Sander Van Vugt teaches Linux high-availability clustering on training courses, uses it in his everyday work, and now brings this knowledge to you in one place, with clear examples and cases. Make the best start with HA clustering with Pro Linux High Availability Clustering at your side. What you'll learn Design Linux high availability clustersSet up an environment to protect mission critical applicationsConnecting servers in a redundant way to the SANCreate an affordable SAN based on open source softwareSet up clusters for protection of Oracle and SAP workloadsWrite your own cluster resource scriptCreate an open source SANCreate a free hypervisor using KVM as the virtualization platformSet up a versatile, fault-tolerant, high-performance web shop Who this book is for

This book is for technical skilled Linux system administrators that want to learn how they can enhance application availability by using Linux High Availability clusters. Table of Contents High Availability Clustering and Its ArchitecturConfiguring StoragConfiguring the Membership LayeUnderstanding Pacemaker Architecture and ManagemenConfiguring Essential Cluster SettingClustering ResourceClustering StoragPerforming Daily Cluster Management TaskCreating an Open Source SAUse Creating a Solution for Xen/KVM High AvailabilitUse Configuring a Load-Balanced Mail Front End with a Database Back En"

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2014