Patent ID: 7278103
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user interface stored on a computer-readable storage medium to display and manage a collection of independent servers operating as if a single entity, comprising: a representation of the collection of the independent servers as a single entity; an individual representation of each independent server associated with the single entity, wherein if an action is performed on the representation of the collection of members, then the action is propagated to the collection of members, if the action is performed on the representation of the member associated with the entity, then the action is directed to the member; a new cluster wizard that creates a new server and displays at least two selectable load-balancing options for each independent server, wherein each server is given a suitable amount of work, one of the at least two selectable load-balancing options configures third-party load-balancing and the other option configures no load-balancing; an add cluster member wizard that adds additional servers to the collection of servers; and a new deployment wizard that deploys contents across the collection of independent servers.