SQL Server Magazine June 1998

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Clustering
Clustering has come of age. Today's Windows NT clustering technology can improve the availability and scalability of NT systems while meeting increasing market demand for a variety of solutions. This month, Windows NT Magazine explores NT clustering's future and present, with a prediction of the direction NT clustering will follow into tomorrow and beyond. Eight case studies highlight real-world NT clustering implementation, and we provide a review of storage and storage management solutions for NT clusters.
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[Focus]

MSCS Update

MSCS handles storage and storage management for NT clusters.

NT Clustering Solutions Are Here

Eight real-world case studies prove that NT clustering solutions are ready for prime time.

The Future of NT Clustering

Scalability is key to making NT a dream solution for the enterprise, and clustering solutions improve NT's scalability. Here's a look at where NT clustering is today-and where it might be tomorrow.




[Feature]

Creating Forums with Newsgroups

Microsoft's NNTP Service lets you use IIS as a news server so that you can set up newsgroups that users can access through a local intranet or the Internet.

Managing Public Folder Replication

Public folders have many uses, but you must manage them carefully to prevent replication traffic from overloading your network.

Microsoft Management Console

Use MMC's custom tools capability to share management functions on an NT 5.0 network.

NT Rollout Options

Misconceptions abound concerning NT rollouts. Here's straight information about what happens during various rollout procedures and what your NT mass installation choices are.

Optimizing Dynamic Web Content for IIS

Adjust your Web content to optimize the performance of your IIS server.

Services for NetWare 4.0

At first, Microsoft and Novell intentionally made their products incompatible. Fortunately, they've changed this practice and are now creating useful integration tools, such as Microsoft's Services for NetWare 4.0.

The Next Generation IP in Action

You've heard that IPv6 will solve the IP address-exhaustion problem. Now, learn what this new generation IP address is and how it works.

Tuning NT Printing

Examine a few configuration options you can manipulate to improve local and network printing peformance.

Using Exchange Server with SMTP and POP3

Go behind the scenes to see how Exchange Server uses SMTP and POP3 to deliver and read email across the Internet.

Using Performance Monitor to Monitor SQL Server

Performance Monitor can help you prevent SQL Server's database transaction logs from overflowing.




[Reader Challenge]

Tweaking Windows NT

Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.




[Reader to Reader]

Reader to Reader - June 1998

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).




[Editorial]

Speculation About Compaq

With the acquisition of Tandem, Compaq secured the company's NonStop SQL technology, giving Compaq a unique opportunity to influence the future of the NT market for database and clustering technology.




[Internals]

Windows NT Security, Part 2

Take an in-depth look at the processes and policies in NT's security system, and get a preview of NT 5.0's security enhancements.




[Product Reviews]

eRoom 1.02

A Web-based solution for collaborative computing.

Kane Security Monitor 3.03

Kane Security Monitor 3.03 helps you monitor for unwanted activity.

NF9008XP

NetFRAME's NF9008XP high-end server promises high availability.

NuTCRACKER X/SDK

NuTCRACKER brings UNIX functionality to Windows NT.

OpalisRendezVous 1.5

OpalisRendezVous 1.5 is a powerful, feature-packed tool to let you automate data transfer and replication.

Site Server 2.0

See what's in Microsoft Site Server 2.0, a suite of tools for creating and managing Web sites.




[Lab Notes]

The Manacle of Oracle

Zen and the art of benchmark tests: The Lab Guys tackle Oracle's no-benchmarking policy.




[Inside Out]

NT 4.9

Rather than release an unfinished NT 5.0, Microsoft could create an interim NT.




[Getting Started with NT]

Windows NT User Accounts

Explore user account configuration, and learn how the domain accounts database interacts with the local accounts database.




[Scripting Solutions]

Bob's XLNT Adventure

XLNT's command syntax and scripting language look and feel like Digital Command Language.




[SQL Server Savvy]

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

Pick up some tips about SQL Server security, datetime and dates, RAID controllers, data warehousing resources, replication with RAS, database comparison utilities, FoxPro imports, a bug in setup with very fast drives, and ODBC error messages and Visual Ba




[This Old Resource Kit]

DHCPCMD

Dump your DHCP database into an ASCII file.




[Tricks & Traps]

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

Find out how to install the right port for TCP/IP printing, limit users to log on to a machine without seeing anything on screen, and make an ERD during unattended installation.




[News Analysis]

NT News Analysis

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.




[Lab Feature]

Load Balancing Web Servers

Here's a look at how well load-balancing products distribute Web site traffic.

There's Always Tomorrow

The Lab's ongoing review of Alpha NT systems winds down with a look at two workstations-and a consideration of the Alpha's future.