Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides information on how to use two powerful tools to enhance fault tolerance and high availability: server clustering and Network Load Balancing.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Differentiate between the server cluster models
Create a new server cluster
Differentiate between server clusters and network load balancing clusters
Use the NLB Manager or NLB.exe utility to monitor the NLB cluster
Create a network load balancing cluster

Topics: 
Server clustering
Server cluster deployment options
Server cluster administration
Server clustering best practices
Cluster network configuration
Creating a new cluster
Network load balancing (NLB)
Managing NLB clusters
NLB monitoring and best practices
Creating a NLB cluster

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.