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- File Size: 212 KB
- Digital: 25 pages
- Published by: IDC June 1, 2004
Book Description
This IDC study looks at the changing dynamics of the server market, including the need for highly available data and highly available applications, both of which are key factors that are accelerating the move toward server clustering.
There are many reasons for clustering servers together: achieving high availability for data and applications, improving workload balancing across multiple servers, achieving scalability for selected workloads that lend themselves to parallel processing, and managing a group of servers as a single, virtual computing resource.
"Although all are important reasons for deploying clustered servers, the goal of achieving high availability was the leading reason for clustering," said Matthew Eastwood, research director, IDC's Global Enterprise Server Solutions, who manages IDC's Server Workloads studies.
"Especially notable was the increase in the percentage of respondents declaring that high availability was their primary reason for clustering (50%+ in 2000 and 70%+ in 2003)," said Jean S. Bozman, research vice president, IDC's Global Enterprise Server Solutions. "IDC believes that this reflects the importance of achieving high availability for data and applications in a networked world that values 'anytime' access and that has little tolerance for downtime, whether that downtime is planned or unplanned."
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