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The TruCluster Server Handbook authoritatively details how to plan, design, install, configure, and administer a cluster of Tru64 UNIX systems. The book explains how to configure and optimize hardware underlying a TruCluster server, including a TruCluster server, including storage servers so critical to running a high-end cluster operation. This book provides best practices and techniques drawn from the authors’ extensive experiences in the filed with systems designers, systems managers, developers, and users. The authors include a former Tru64 UNIX Technical Group Leader with HP’s Consulting Division and a top industry figure, and two former TruCluster Server Team Leaders with the Customer Support Center.

• Learn to install TruCluster Server from the ground up
• Get the most out of your cluster environment with the author’s practical tips and tricks
• Attain availability, scalability, and simplified manageability in your IT systems operation

About the Authors

Scott Fafrak is a Senior Consutant and Instructor for BRUDEN Corporation which provides TruCluster, Tru64, UNIX, and OpenVMS training and course development throughout the US.

Jim Lola is a Senior Systems Programmer and Manager, UNIX Systems Programming for CIT, Genetech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA.

Dennis O’Brien is Vice President and co-founder of the BRUDEN Corporation.

Greg Yates is a Senior consultant in the Tru64 UNIX Support organization, Hewlett-Packard Company.

Brad Nichols is a Technical Consultant in the Tru64 UNIX Engineering organization, Hewlett-Packard Company.

Scott and Greg are two of the co-authors of Tru64 UNIX System Administrator’s Guide (Digital Press, 2001).