Document revision date: 19 July 1999
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Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations


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Chapter 9
9 Configuring CI OpenVMS Clusters for Availability and Performance
     9.1     CI Components
     9.2     Configuration Assumptions
     9.3     Configuration 1
         9.3.1         Components
         9.3.2         Advantages
         9.3.3         Disadvantages
         9.3.4         Key Availability and Performance Strategies
     9.4     Configuration 2
         9.4.1         Components
         9.4.2         Advantages
         9.4.3         Disadvantages
         9.4.4         Key Availability and Performance Strategies
     9.5     Configuration 3
         9.5.1         Components
         9.5.2         Advantages
         9.5.3         Disadvantages
         9.5.4         Key Availability and Performance Strategies
     9.6     Configuration 4
         9.6.1         Components
         9.6.2         Advantages
         9.6.3         Disadvantages
         9.6.4         Key Availability and Performance Strategies
     9.7     Summary
Chapter 10
10 Configuring OpenVMS Clusters for Scalability
     10.1     What Is Scalability?
         10.1.1         Scalable Dimensions
     10.2     Strategies for Configuring a Highly Scalable OpenVMS Cluster
         10.2.1         Scalability Strategies
     10.3     Scalability in CI OpenVMS Clusters
         10.3.1         Two-Node CI OpenVMS Cluster
         10.3.2         Three-Node CI OpenVMS Cluster
         10.3.3         Seven-Node CI OpenVMS Cluster
         10.3.4         Guidelines for CI OpenVMS Clusters
         10.3.5         Guidelines for Volume Shadowing in CI OpenVMS Clusters
     10.4     Scalability in DSSI OpenVMS Clusters
         10.4.1         Two-Node DSSI OpenVMS Cluster
         10.4.2         Four-Node DSSI OpenVMS Cluster with Shared Access
         10.4.3         Four-Node DSSI OpenVMS Cluster with Some Nonshared Access
     10.5     Scalability in MEMORY CHANNEL OpenVMS Clusters
         10.5.1         Two-Node MEMORY CHANNEL Cluster
         10.5.2         Three-Node MEMORY CHANNEL Cluster
         10.5.3         Four-Node MEMORY CHANNEL OpenVMS Cluster
     10.6     Scalability in SCSI OpenVMS Clusters
         10.6.1         Two-Node Fast-Wide SCSI Cluster
         10.6.2         Two-Node Fast-Wide SCSI Cluster with HSZ Storage
         10.6.3         Three-Node Fast-Wide SCSI Cluster
         10.6.4         Four-Node Ultra SCSI Hub Configuration
     10.7     Scalability in OpenVMS Clusters with Satellites
         10.7.1         Six-Satellite OpenVMS Cluster
         10.7.2         Six-Satellite OpenVMS Cluster with Two Boot Nodes
         10.7.3         Twelve-Satellite LAN OpenVMS Cluster with Two LAN Segments
         10.7.4         Forty-Five Satellite OpenVMS Cluster with FDDI Ring
         10.7.5         High-Powered Workstation OpenVMS Cluster
         10.7.6         Guidelines for OpenVMS Clusters with Satellites
         10.7.7         Extended LAN Configuration Guidelines
         10.7.8         System Parameters for OpenVMS Clusters
     10.8     Scaling for I/Os
         10.8.1         MSCP Served Access to Storage
         10.8.2         Disk Technologies
         10.8.3         Read/Write Ratio
         10.8.4         I/O Size
         10.8.5         Caches
         10.8.6         Managing "Hot" Files
         10.8.7         Volume Shadowing
Chapter 11
11 OpenVMS Cluster System Management Strategies
     11.1     Simple and Complex Configurations
     11.2     System Disk Strategies
         11.2.1         Single System Disk
         11.2.2         Multiple System Disks
         11.2.3         Multiple System-Disk OpenVMS Cluster
         11.2.4         Dividing an OpenVMS Cluster System
         11.2.5         Summary: Single Versus Multiple System Disks
     11.3     OpenVMS Cluster Environment Strategies
         11.3.1         Common Environment
         11.3.2         Putting Environment Files on a Separate, Common Disk
         11.3.3         Multiple Environments
     11.4     Additional Multiple-Environment Strategies
         11.4.1         Using Multiple SYSUAF.DAT Files
         11.4.2         Using Multiple Queue Managers
     11.5      Quorum Strategies
         11.5.1         Quorum Strategy Options
     11.6     State Transition Strategies
         11.6.1         Dealing with State Transitions
     11.7     Migration and Warranted Support for Multiple Versions
     11.8     Alpha and VAX Systems in the Same OpenVMS Cluster
         11.8.1         OpenVMS Cluster Satellite Booting Across Architectures
         11.8.2         Restrictions
     11.9     Determining Backup and Storage Management Strategies
         11.9.1         Steps for Determining a Backup Strategy
     11.10     Disk Backup
     11.11     Tape Backup
         11.11.1         For More Information
         11.11.2         Benefits of Unattended Backup
         11.11.3         Archive/Backup System for OpenVMS
         11.11.4         StorageTek 4400 ACS
         11.11.5         Tape-Drive Performance and Capacity


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