Server Architectures

Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, Storage Solutions

René Chevance - Collection Computing / Networks / Hardware

739 pages, parution le 17/01/2005

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Résumé

This work presents and compares various options regarding server architecture from two separate points of view: first, that of the information technology decision-maker who must choose a solution matching company business requirements, and second, that of the systems architect who finds himself between the rock of changes in hardware and software technologies and the hard place of changing business needs.

Different aspects of server architecture are presented, from databases designed for parallel architectures to high-availability systems, touching en route on often neglected performance aspects.

René's book will answer the following questions critical to server architecture design, implementation, and management and more...

Given the shift to widespread use of Intel microprocessors, is the importance of hardware architecture, once the province of systems manufacturers, tending to decrease?
Given that they are extremely complex to implement, will MPP architectures be confined to scientific and technical markets?
Are RISC processors dead, killed by Intel?
How much longer will system performance continue to increase?
How do the three major multiprocessor architectures compare: SMP, Massively Parallel, and Cluster?

L'auteur - René Chevance

Apres une carriere d?expert chez Bull durant laquelle il a initie de nombreux projets de R&D et conduit des etudes preparatoires au choix de technologies et d?architectures de systemes, Rene Chevance est aujourd?hui consultant independant. Charge de cours a l?universite Paris 6 jusqu?en 1990, il est professeur associe au CNAM Paris ou il enseigne en integration des systemes et en architecture client-serveur. Il est egalement charge de mission au CMSL (Centre d?Etudes pour la Maitrise des Systemes et du Logiciel du CNAM) et membre des comites de redaction des Techniques de l?Ingenieur et de la revue Genie Logiciel.
E-mail : chevance@cnam.fr

Sommaire

Preface
Introduction
Architectural Options and Technology Evolution
- Processors and Memory
- I/O
- Evolution of Software Technology
System Architecture Options
- Symmetrical (Tightly-Coupled) Multiprocessors
- Clusters and Massively Parallel Machines
- Data Storage
- Systems Performance and Estimation Techniques
- DBMS and Server Architectures
- The Terminology of High-Availability Systems
- Hardware and Software Solutions for High Availability
- Selection Criteria and Total Cost of Ownership
- Conclusions and Prospects
Bibliography
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	René Chevance
Collection	Computing / Networks / Hardware
Parution	17/01/2005
Nb. de pages	739
Format	19 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1547g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781555583330
ISBN13	978-1-55558-333-0