HP ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for Enterprise Virtual Array Setup and Installation Guide

Glossary
node
An individual server in a cluster.
NTFS
NT File System. A file organization system by which data is stored and accessed in a
Windows NT operating system.
partition
A logical division of a container, represented to the host as a logical unit.
port
1. In general terms, a logical channel in a communication system.
2. The hardware and software used to connect a host controller to a communications bus,
such as a SCSI bus or serial bus.
redundancy
The provision of multiple interchangeable components to perform a single function to cope
with failures and errors.
reliability
The continuous integrity of a system (server, storage, network, or cluster).
resource
A software or hardware entity on which a client/server application or service is dependent. As
it pertains to Microsoft Cluster Server, a cluster resource must have the ability to be managed
by the cluster and must reside on one of the cluster nodes. A resource can be a member of
only one group.
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard parallel interface for rapid data transmission.
shared resource
A type of cluster organization in which some resources are accessible to all systems in
the cluster.
static load balancing
A method for manually balancing the amount of work undertaken by each storage controller
in a single storage subsystem.
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