Coverage includes
- Building the foundations for a highly available Active
Directory and network architecture
- Selecting and integrating high-performance hardware,
storage, and networks
- Installing and configuring Windows Clustering Services for
both scale-out and failover
- Leveraging the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
and Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA)
- Delivering high-performance, high availability file- and
print-server solutions
- Using clustering to maximize SQL Server and Exchange
Server availability
- Restoring failed servers: best practices and step-by-step
techniques for recovering from downtime or disaster
- Deploying Network Load Balancing (NLB) IIS and
application servers
- Administering Windows Server 2003 high-performance
systems—including performance monitoring and alerts
with Microsoft Operations Manager
- Avoiding the pitfalls associated with Windows high
availability solutions
Part I High-Performance Windows Computing
Chapter 1 The World of High-Performance,
High Availability Windows Computing
Chapter 2 Choosing High-Performance Hardware
Chapter 3 Storage for Highly Available Systems
Chapter 4 Highly Available Networks
Chapter 5 Preparing the Platform for a
High-Performance Network
…
Part II Building High Availability Windows Server 2003
Solutions
Chapter 7 High-Performance Print-Server Solutions
Chapter 8 High-Performance File-Server Solution
Chapter 9 High Availability, High-Performance SQL
Server Solutions
Chapter 10 High Availability, High-Performance
Exchange
Etc.