An increasing number of projects use Linux and other open-source software as basic building blocks to create clusters. Examples range from clusters that perform massive computations of visual effects ...

A third advantage is transparency: the cluster is presented to the users as a single IP that maps requests to multiple servers at the back end. The Linux Virtual Server follows the multiserver model ...

With the free Citrix XenServer virtualization platform, it's easy to create a highly available virtual server cluster; here's how High availability used to be expensive, requiring both specialized ...

Compaq Computer has selected SteelEye Technology's "clustering" software to help its high-end Linux servers catch up to those running Microsoft Windows, the company is set to announce Wednesday.

More work needs to be done on Linux at the operating system level, grids will have limited appeal, and there will be a mass movement to embrace clustering software among organizations large and small.

Along with Dell and Red Hat, the software maker says it has developed a version of its 9i database software that can run across multiple Linux servers. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now ...

Microsoft Virtual Server Release 2 has begun shipping to manufacturers and is due for general release in the first week of December with a new pricing model and a number of new features, most notably ...