Pro Linux High Availability Clustering

Introduction

This book is about high availability (HA) clustering on Linux, a subject that can be overwhelming to administrators who are new to the subject. Although much documentation is already available on the subject, I felt a need to write this book anyway. The most important reason is that I feel there is a lack of integral documentation that focuses on tasks that have to be accomplished by cluster administrators. With this book, I have tried to provide insight into accomplishing all of the tasks that a cluster administrator typically has to deal with.

This means that I’m not only focusing on the clustering software itself but also on setting up the network for redundancy and configuring storage for use in a clustered environment. In an ...