Pro Linux High Availability Clustering

Book Description

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 explained:

• Configuring Apache for high availability
• Creating an Open Source SAN based on DRBD, iSCSI and HA clustering
• Setting up a load-balanced web server cluster with a back-end, highly-available database
• Setting 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 clusters
• Set up an environment to protect mission critical applications
• Connecting servers in a redundant way to the SAN
• Create an affordable SAN based on open source software
• Set up clusters for protection of Oracle and SAP workloads
• Write your own cluster resource script
• Create an open source SAN
• Create a free hypervisor using KVM as the virtualization platform
• Set 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

Chapter 1. High Availability Clustering and Its Architecture
Chapter 2. Configuring Storage
Chapter 3. Configuring the Membership Layer
Chapter 4. Understanding Pacemaker Architecture and Management
Chapter 5. Configuring Essential Cluster Settings
Chapter 6. Clustering Resources
Chapter 7. Clustering Storage
Chapter 8. Performing Daily Cluster Management Tasks
Chapter 9. Creating an Open Source SAN
Chapter 10. Use Case: Creating a Solution for Xen/KVM High Availability
Chapter 11. Use Case: Configuring a Load-Balanced Mail Front End with a Database Back End

中文：

书名：Pro Linux High Availability Clustering

Pro Linux高可用性集群 教您如何在您的企业中实施这一基本的Linux附加组件。需要Linux高可用性集群来确保任务关键型资源的可用性。这项技术在世界各地的企业数据中心得到了越来越多的应用。虽然互联网上有大量关于这一主题的文档，但基于这些分散的信息构建真正的解决方案并不总是容易的，这些信息通常只针对特定的任务。 Pro Linux高可用性集群 解释所有Linux平台上的基本高可用性集群组件，使您能够洞察所需的任何特定案例来构建解决方案。

本书将介绍四个常见案例：

• Configuring Apache for high availability
• 创建基于DRBD、iSCSI和HA集群的开源SAN
• 使用后端高度可用的数据库设置负载平衡的Web服务器集群
• 设置具有高可用性保护的KVM虚拟平台。

有了从这些实际应用程序中获得的知识，您将能够自信地高效地将Linux HA应用到您的工作环境中。

作者Sander Van Vugt在培训课程上讲授Linux高可用性集群，并在日常工作中使用它，现在通过清晰的示例和案例将这些知识带给您。让HA群集成为最佳开端， Pro Linux高可用性集群 at your side.

What you’ll learn

• Design Linux high availability clusters
• 设置环境以保护任务关键型应用程序
• 以冗余方式将服务器连接到SAN
• Create an affordable SAN based on open source software
• 设置群集以保护Oracle和SAP工作负载
• Write your own cluster resource script
• Create an open source SAN
• Create a free hypervisor using KVM as the virtualization platform
• 建立一个多功能、容错、高性能的网上商店

Who this book is for

本书面向技术熟练的Linux系统管理员，他们希望了解如何通过使用Linux高可用性集群来增强应用程序可用性。

Table of Contents

第1章.高可用性集群及其体系结构
第2章.配置存储
第3章.配置成员资格层
第4章：了解起搏器架构和管理
第5章.配置基本群集设置
第6章.集群资源
Chapter 7. Clustering Storage
第8章.执行日常集群管理任务
第9章.创建开放源代码SAN
第10章使用案例：创建Xen/KVM高可用性解决方案
第11章用例：使用数据库后端配置负载平衡的邮件前端