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    The document discusses different types of Microsoft clustering solutions including Network Load Balancing (NLB), Component Load Balancing (CLB), Server Cluster, and Compute Cluster. It provides an overview of the requirements, functionality, and typical applications for each solution. NLB and CLB are stateless load balancing services while Server Cluster and Compute Cluster provide fault tolerance through data replication across nodes. The document also discusses SharePoint high availability configurations using NLB and SQL clustering.

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    Microsoft Clustering

    Sean Roberts, Jean Pierre SLAC

    Microsoft Clustering Terminology


    Network Load Balancing Cluster (NLB) Component Load Balancing (CLB) Server Cluster Compute Cluster

    Functionality of the different types of MS cluster solutions


    NLB and CLB are stateless Ethernet based load balancing service, no additional hardware required Server Cluster is a fault tolerant stateful service, networked storage and dual NIC required Computer Cluster is a data compute service, at least dual NIC required

    Overview of requirements and MS cluster products


    Operating System of Nodes in Cluster Network Load Balancing Maximum Nodes in cluster Component Load Balancing (requires Windows Application Center 2000) Server Cluster Maximum Processors Per Node Intel Processor Class Supported (b) 32, 64 32, 64 32, 64 64 Maximum RAM (GB)

    Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster

    32 32 32 N/A

    12 12 12 N/A

    N/A 8 8 N/A

    4 8 32 4

    4 32 64 4

    Network Load Balancing (NLB)


    NLB has no status as it is stateless Web, Terminal, and VPN typical services run on NLB Interconnect by MAC address sharing Resources generally application being load balanced only

    Component Load Balancing (CLB)


    CLB has no status as it is stateless Web COM+ typical services run on CLB Using NLB as interconnect Resources generally COM+ application being load balanced only

    Server Cluster
    Cluster status held by quorum disk, generally a SAN device SQL, Exchange, File, and Print typical services run on cluster Interconnect by TCP and UDP on single network segment Resources generally SAN and NAS devices, IP addresses, hostnames, and applications

    Compute Cluster
    One or more head nodes must run Compute Cluster, remaining head and compute nodes can be Compute Cluster or Windows 2003 x64 Remote administration and job scheduling can be run from Windows 2003 or Windows XP Using MS-MPI supporting C, Fortran77, and Fortran90 (version of MPI2, compatible with MPICH implementation) Using PXE for deployment of nodes

    Sharepoint NLB & Cluster Validation


    Sharepoint web pages and configuration are pulled directly from SQL. All changes made from the application are seen immediately upon refresh of web pages Sharepoint runs on IIS and is a valid app for NLB (with server persistence set) Sharepoint runs on MS SQL which is a certified application that cooperatively works with the cluster service

    Sharepoint High Availability Technologies Network Load Balancing used to keep the virtual web site available in the event of a web server failure Active/Passive SQL Cluster used to minimize service downtime in the event of a SQL server failure

    Sharepoint NLB & Cluster Architecture

    File Cluster Architecture

    References

    Network Load Balancing (NLB) FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2 Component Load Balancing (CLB) FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/acs/deploy/clbov MS Server Clusters FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2 MS Compute Cluster http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/hpc/whitepaper.

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