<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Examples: Cluster configurations" /> <meta name="abstract" content="Use these examples of typical cluster implementations to understand when, why, and how using clusters can be beneficial." /> <meta name="description" content="Use these examples of typical cluster implementations to understand when, why, and how using clusters can be beneficial." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigicclust.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigscenariossimpletwonode.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigscenariosfournode.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigscenariosswitcheddiskiasp.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigscenarioclusteradmindmn.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzalyexamplegeomirror.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rzaigscenarios" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Examples: Cluster configurations</title> </head> <body id="rzaigscenarios"><a name="rzaigscenarios"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Examples: Cluster configurations</h1> <div><p>Use these examples of typical cluster implementations to understand when, why, and how using clusters can be beneficial.</p> </div> <div> <ul class="ullinks"> <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzaigscenariossimpletwonode.htm">Example: A simple, two-node cluster</a></strong><br /> This configuration example describes a basic cluster that contains two nodes.</li> <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzaigscenariosfournode.htm">Example: A four-node cluster</a></strong><br /> Use this example to create a more complex cluster that contains four nodes.</li> <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzaigscenariosswitcheddiskiasp.htm">Example: A switched disk cluster using independent disk pools</a></strong><br /> A cluster using switched disk technology provides an alternative to having the data replicated. In a switched disk cluster, the data is actually contained in independent disk pools (also referred to as independent ASPs).</li> <li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzaigscenarioclusteradmindmn.htm">Example: A cluster administrative domain to manage peer resources</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br /> Provides an example configuration of a cluster administrative domain used to monitor resources within a cluster.</li> <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzalyexamplegeomirror.htm">Example: Independent disk pools with geographic mirroring</a></strong><br /> This example shows one way that geographic mirroring can be configured</li> </ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaigicclust.htm" title="Clusters let you efficiently group your iSeries servers together to set up an environment that provides availability that approaches 100 percent for your critical applications, devices, and data.">Clusters</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>