Linux Enterprise Cluster

Book Description

The Linux Enterprise Cluster explains how to take a number of inexpensive computers with limited resources, place them on a normal computer network, and install free software so that the computers act together like one powerful server. This makes it possible to build a very inexpensive and reliable business system for a small business or a large corporation. The book includes information on how to build a high-availability server pair using the Heartbeat package, how to use the Linux Virtual Server load balancing software, how to configure a reliable printing system in a Linux cluster environment, and how to build a job scheduling system in Linux with no single point of failure.

The book also includes information on high availability techniques that can be used with or without a cluster, making it helpful for System Administrators even if they are not building a cluster. Anyone interested in deploying Linux in an environment where low cost computer reliability is important will find this book useful.

The CD-ROM includes all of the software needed to build a Linux Enterprise Cluster, including the Linux kernel, rsync, the SystemImager package, the Heartbeat package, the Linux Virtual Server package, the Mon monitoring package, and the Ganglia package. All figures in the book are also included on the CD-ROM.

Table of Contents

PART I: Cluster Resources
Chapter 1: Starting Services
Chapter 2: Handling Packets
Chapter 3: Compiling the Kernel

PART II: High Availability
Chapter 4: Synchronizing Servers with rysnc and SSH
Chapter 5: Cloning Systems with SystemImager
Chapter 6: Heartbeat Introduction and Theory
Chapter 7: A Sample Heartbeat Configuration
Chapter 8: Heartbeat Resources and Maintenance
Chapter 9: Stonith and ipfail

PART III: Cluster Theory and Practice
Chapter 10: How to Build a Linux Enterprise Cluster
Chapter 11: The Linux Virtual Server: Introduction and Theory
Chapter 12: The LVS-NAT Cluster
Chapter 13: The LVS-DR Cluster
Chapter 14: The Load Balancer
Chapter 15: The High-Availability Cluster
Chapter 16: The Network File System

PART IV: Maintenance and Monitoring
Chapter 17: The Simple Network Management Protocol and Mon
Chapter 18: Ganglia
Chapter 19: Case Studies in Cluster Administration
Chapter 20: The Linux Cluster Environment

A: Downloading Software from the Internet (from a Text Terminal)
B: Troubleshooting with the tcpdump Utility
C: Adding Network Interface Cards to Your System
D: Strategies for Dependency Failures
E: Other Potential Cluster Filesystems and Lock Arbitration Methods
F: LVS Clusters and the Apache Configuration File

中文：

书名：Linux企业集群

Linux企业集群 说明如何使用资源有限的廉价计算机，将它们放在正常的计算机网络上，并安装自由软件，以便这些计算机像一台强大的服务器一样协同工作。这使得为小企业或大公司构建非常廉价和可靠的商业系统成为可能。该书介绍了如何使用心跳包构建高可用性服务器对，如何使用Linux虚拟服务器负载平衡软件，如何在Linux集群环境中配置可靠的打印系统，以及如何在Linux中构建无单点故障的作业调度系统。

这本书还包括关于高可用性技术的信息，这些技术可以与集群一起使用，也可以不与集群一起使用，这使它对系统管理员很有帮助，即使他们不是在构建集群。任何对在低成本计算机可靠性很重要的环境中部署Linux感兴趣的人都会发现这本书很有用。

该光盘包括构建Linux企业集群所需的所有软件，包括Linux内核、rsync、SystemImager包、心跳包、Linux虚拟服务器包、MON监控包和Ganglia包。这本书中的所有人物也都收录在光盘上。

目录表

第一部分：集群资源
第1章：启动服务
第2章：处理数据包
第3章：编译内核

PART II: High Availability
第4章：使用rysnc和SSH同步服务器
第5章：使用SystemImager克隆系统
第6章：心跳简介和理论
第7章：心跳信号配置示例
第8章：心跳资源和维护
第九章：斯通尼斯和伊普费尔

第三部分：集群理论与实践
第10章：如何构建Linux企业集群
第11章：Linux虚拟服务器：简介和原理
第12章：LVS-NAT集群
Chapter 13: The LVS-DR Cluster
第14章：负载均衡器
第15章：高可用性集群
第16章：网络文件系统

第四部分：维护和监测
第17章：简单网络管理协议和监控
第18章：神经节
第19章：集群管理案例研究
第20章：Linux集群环境

答：从互联网下载软件(从文本终端)
B：使用tcpump实用程序进行故障排除
C：向您的系统添加网卡
D: Strategies for Dependency Failures
E：其他潜在的集群文件系统和锁仲裁方法
F：LVS集群和阿帕奇配置文件