Parallel Server and availability?

From: <mikegrof_at_rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:12:31 GMT
Message-ID: <78li4n$l21$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Hi all,

In a traditional Parallel Server setup, you have two servers, each with an instance, accessing shared disks with a single database.

node1-->disks/DB1<--node2

However, the user/job will need to be setup to access a specific node (based on the connect string given). So, if a user's PC is setup to connect to node1 and node1 crashes, then the user is out of luck. This is great for load balancing, but not for availability.

Is there a product, software and/or hardware, that provides for load balancing and availability? So when given a connect string, the user will automatically be connected to any available server with the least load.

I would appreciate any recommendations with specific product names.

Thanks!

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