Compaq ProLiant Clusters HA/F100, Administrator'S Manual

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Glossary -5
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NTFS Microsoft New Technology File System. A file
organization system by which data is stored and
accessed in a Windows NT or Windows 2000
operating system.
Paging file
A Windows NT or Windows 2000 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.
POST
See Power-On Self-Test
Power On Self
Test
A set of operations executed every time a system is
turned on that verifies components are present and
operating.
Preferred node The principal server an application is configured to
operate from.
Proprietary
clustering system 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.
Quorum disk A device managed by the Microsoft cluster software
that provides a means for persistent storage of the
cluster configuration information required for failover
and failback events as well as for arbitrating
ownership of cluster resources.
RA4000/4100
See Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4000/4100