Though the title mentions server farms, this article can serve as a good resource for those interested in clustering in general. Many say these systems are dinosaurs that will soon be cast aside in favor of clustering and hot-swappable server blades. This article, however, points out that several vendors, including IBM, have fought back with improved features and operating systems to maintain big iron's market position. The big boxes five-nines reliability also remains appealing to many enterprises, several of which are detailed here. If your company is thinking about clustering, here are a number of questions answered by Microsoft to ease you into clustering.
Topics covered here include, cluster basics, hardware validation, general servers and storage.
You've heard a lot about Infiniband, but don't know what it will mean for your enterprise. This article answers your questions about one of the hottest developments in the works for servers. The author discusses how Infiniband came about, and how it will work when it is largely adapted. This article discusses how to plan and execute your server strategy. The author discusses clustering basics, management clusters, availability clusters, storage issues related to clustering, and load balancing.