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		The Linux Enterprise Cluster byKarl Kopper No Starch Press 2005 (464 pages) ISBN:1593270364 For those interested in deploying Linux when low cost computer reliability is important, this book explains how to place computers with limited resources on a computer network, and install free software so the computers act together like one server.

Table of Contents
	The Linux Enterprise Cluster—Build a Highly Available Cluster with Commodity Hardware and Free Software
	Introduction
	Primer
	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
	Appendix A	-	Downloading Software From the Internet (From a Text Terminal)
	Appendix B	-	Troubleshooting with the tcpdump Utility
	Appendix C	-	Adding Network Interface Cards to Your System
	Appendix D	-	Strategies for Dependency Failures
	Appendix E	-	Other Potential Cluster Filesystems and Lock Arbitration Methods
	Appendix F	-	LVS Clusters and the Apache Configuration File
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Sidebars