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MySql in cluster environment

Does MySql support for cluster environment? Whether Community edition support for clustering? I want to know more details about it. Please guide me where can I get details? ...

SQL Server alias for a cluster?

Hi, I'm looking for a bit of advice setting up a SQL cluster to be accessed via an alias. At present, say my cluster is called 'SQLCLUSTER' and I want to set up an alias to redirect to it. Ideally, I'd like any attempt to connect to '(local)' on either of the machines in the cluster to redirect to 'SQLCLUSTER'. I'm using SQL server 200...

How can I run vmware server (or equivalent free vmmachine server) on a cluster of several machines?

I would like to create a cluster of computers in order to run a virtual machine server (preferably vmware) as if the cluster were 1 big machine. What software and OS do I need for this and how do I need to configure it? Is there a way to balance the load of any applications over a cluster or do applications need to be built in a certain...

SQL server failover Cluster not reporting correct patch version....

Hi, I've got a bit of an obscure problem and I'm hoping someone here can give me some pointers regarding it, I've exhausted everythign I can think of... At the moment, I have a two node cluster setup (sql server 2008). I have patched this, as per the microsoft guidlines, to service pack 1. The issue is, when I connect to each node indi...

Best way to CRUD printers and ports using C#

I have to create, read, update and delete network printers using c# and their associated ports. I have to deal with clustered print servers, so WMI is not an option. My first choice would be using prnadmin.dll, but I cannot find reliable information if this would work and is supported under windows server 2008 x64. Can anyone share his/h...

MyIsam vs NDB On Inserts

Hi, I'm considering ways to increase performance of our persistence layer. We want to achieve as many inserts per second as we can and we don't need any transactions at the moment. What I want to know is what MySQL engine faster: standard MyIsam or single-node NDB cluster which will be accessed via ClusterJPA/ClusterJ? P.S. This guy ha...

Java EE: how to share a secret (password) between instances of a (GlassFish) cluster

I have an environment with a GlassFish cluster. Each instance must have access to a password string that must not be stored on the instances. Thus it has to be entered upon instance startup by an administrator. Once entered on one instance other servers in the cluster should be able to gain access to this value automatically so that it o...