Overview; Product Features - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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Product Features

Overview

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Novell Cluster Services
availability and manageability of critical network resources including data
(volumes), applications, server licenses, and services. It is a multinode
clustering product for NetWare
failover, failback, and migration (load balancing) of individually managed
cluster resources.
Licenses for two cluster nodes is included with NetWare 6. Licenses for
additional cluster nodes may be purchased separately.
Novell Cluster Services includes several important features to help you ensure
and manage the availability of your network resources. These include:
Support for shared SCSI or fiber channel storage area networks.
Multinode all-active cluster (up to 32 nodes). Any NetWare server in the
cluster can restart resources (applications, services, IP addresses, and
volumes) from a failed server in the cluster.
Single point of administration through a browser-based NetWare Remote
Manager or a Java-based ConsoleOne
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monitoring GUI. The browser-based NetWare Remote Manager lets you
remotely manage your cluster.
The ability to tailor a cluster to the specific applications and hardware
infrastructure that fit your organization.
Dynamic assignment and reassignment of server storage on an as-needed
basis.
The ability to automatically notify administrators through e-mail of
cluster events and cluster state changes.
is a server clustering system that ensures high
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that is enabled for eDirectory
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and supports
TM
cluster configuration and
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