HP ProLiant 2500 Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F100 and HA/F200 Administrator Gui - Page 174

Glossary-4 Compaq ProLiant Clusters HA/F100 and HA/F200 Administrator Guide IP address Load balancing Logical disks Mission-critical Network interface controller NIC Node NTFS Paging file POST Power-On Self-Test Preferred node Proprietary clustering system Internet Protocol Address. A number that uniquely identifies a host (server) so that computer entities can locate and communicate with each other through the transfer of packets. IP addresses can be statically or dynamically assigned. To balance the amount of work (processing) undertaken by each node in a cluster. The available logical disks that Compaq Redundancy Manager can access displayed in a tree hierarchy format. Applications essential to business operations. A board that allows a computer to be connected with a network, and that works with the network operating system to control the flow of information over the network. See Network Interface Controller An individual server in a cluster. Microsoft New Technology File System. A file organization system by which data is stored and accessed in a Windows NT operating system. A Windows NT paging file for virtual memory, called PAGEFILE.SYS. The paging file is not necessarily a single file; it can be a group of files stored in various locations, across hard disks and partitions. See Power-On Self-Test A set of operations executed every time a system is turned on that verifies components are present and operating. The principal server an application is configured to operate from. Traditionally a large, highly scalable UNIX and mainframe system that is costly and challenging to set up and maintain. Used only in mission-critical applications that can afford no downtime.