RedHat Cluster Suite

For Linux based applications that require maximum uptime, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster with Red Hat Cluster Suite is a popular solution. Specifically designed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite provides two distinct types of clustering: Application/Service Failover and IP Load Balancing. With Red Hat Cluster Suite, applications can be deployed in high availability configurations so that they are always operational-bringing "scale-out" capabilities to Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments.

Low-cost high availability for enterprise applications

For high-volume open source applications such as NFS, Samba, and Apache, Red Hat Cluster Suite provides a ready-to-use failover solution. For most other applications customers create custom failover scripts using templates that are provided. Securelinx continues to provide custom Red Hat Cluster Suite deployment services to individual customer requirements

Technical Highlights

  • Support for up to 16 nodes on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
  • Allows high availability to be provided for multiple applications simultaneously.
  • NFS/CIFS Failover: Supports highly available file serving in Unix and Windows environments.
  • Fully shared storage subsystem: All cluster members have access to the same storage.
  • Comprehensive Data Integrity: Uses the latest I/O barrier technology, such as programmable embedded and external power switches.
  • Service failover: Red Hat Cluster Suite not only ensures hardware shutdowns or failures are detected and recovered from automatically, but it also monitors applications to ensure they are running correctly and restarts them automatically if they fail.