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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is a Cluster

Cluster refers to a group of servers connected to each other in order to improve their overall reliability and availability. A cluster of systems will generally provide improved serviceability and opportunity to enact load balancing between the component systems to maintain consistent performance. It is essential to monitor each system in a cluster to ensure that they perform as expected.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Cluster

SAN Monitor

Quickly and easily monitor EMC®, Dell®, IBM®, and Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays! Our free SAN Monitor delivers the real-time visibility you need to stay steps ahead of infrastructure evils that threaten to slow storage performance.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Cluster

Server & Application Monitor

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor delivers powerful application and server management capabilities at an affordable price. With automatic application discovery, you'll be monitoring, alerting, and reporting in less than an hour! Learn More »

Hyper9

Hyper9 Virtualization Manager makes it easy to manage all the aspects of your virtual infrastructure by providing the tools to control VM sprawl, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize performance, track configuration changes, manage capacity, and track and showback departmental and business unit usage and costs. Learn More »