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Have You Heard of the WWF Format?

by: Kier Morrison
on: 08/08/2011

I was at the beach recently with a friend and our kids. The inevitable shop talk started up and during the conversation I was asked what I though of the new WWF file format. Not knowing too much about the format I decided some research was in order. At a basic level its a document format that does not allow [...]

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BEAR attends the Association of Business Managers for Victorian State Schools Conference

by: Geoff Brayshaw
on: 06/06/2011

The Association of Business Managers for Victorian State Schools Conference held on the 25th May to the 27th May 2011. The conference gives the State School Business Manager the opportunity to view the latest technologies to assist their school and better Servicing their needs. BEAR Solutions plays a significant role in demonstrating the ability to [...]

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Cluster Buster! (without being to technical)

by: Chris Mahoney | in: Blogs, Support Team | on: 24/08/2010

What is a Cluster or Clustering?

A computer cluster is a group of linked computers, working together closely thus in many respects forming a single computer. The components of a cluster are commonly, but not always, connected to each other through fast local area networks. Clusters are usually deployed to improve performance and/or availability over that of a single computer, while typically being much more cost-effective than single computers of comparable speed or availability.(Borrowed from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster)

How does one go about Busting a Cluster?

By successfully installing and customizing software solutions to meet a customer’s requirements.

What are the Benefits of clustering?

Load balancing, high availability, the sharing of services across one or more servers, centralized management of services and seamless failover.

Clustered BEARs???

A Group of BEARs is known as a Sleuth. This has no relevance to any BEAR Solutions software; I did not know what a group of bears was called. Google provided this answer. Thankyou Google.

Seriously though Clustering should be given due consideration when considering your distaster recovery plans. Its good to know that BEAR software will support clustered environments.

One Comment

    Kier Morrison - on August 24, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks Chris

    I didn’t know what a cluster of BEAR was until this in depth article!

    A Sleuth, fancy that.

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