inventory example
The examples show that shared-nothing clusters with only two
servers are relatively inflexible. More flexibility is offered by shared-nothing clusters with
more than two servers, so-called enhanced shared-nothing clusters. Current shared-nothing
cluster software supports shared-nothing clusters with several dozens of computers.
inventory example show the use of an enhanced shared-nothing cluster for static
load balancing: during the daytime when the system is busy, three different servers each
export two file systems. At night, access to the data is still needed; however,
a single server can manage the load for the six file systems. The two other
servers are freed up for other tasks in this period (data mining, batch processes, backup,
maintenance).
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