“Linux clustering is not a new concept. Beowulf clustering
technology – the standard open source clustering system for Linux –
was developed 6 years ago by a NASA laboratory to create a large,
robust “virtual machine” by linking Linux systems together. …
However… Linux was new to enterprise network managers, and a
cluster of Linux machines running a company’s most important
systems may have seemed too risky an implementation.”
“Today, several vendors are working to make clusters of
Linux servers more common in corporate and e-commerce networks by
providing comprehensive hardware/software packages that come as
close as possible to a turn-key Linux clustering
solution.”
“VA Linux Systems offers its ClusterCity Linux product, which
consists of the company’s popular Linux-based server hardware,
Beowulf-based ClusterCity clustering software, and VA Cluster
Management (VACM) software. … A relative newcomer to the Linux
clustering market is Linux NetworX, which offers users different
options for putting together a Linux cluster. … For more open –
albeit lower scale – clustering technology solutions, check out
those recently announced by Mission Critical Linux (MCL) and
SteelEye Technology..”