Cluster-aware application

A cluster-aware application is a software application designed to call cluster APIs in order to determine its running state, in case a manual failover is triggered between cluster nodes for planned technical maintenance, or an automatic failover is required, if a computing cluster node encounters hardware or software failure, to maintain business continuity. A cluster-aware application may be capable of failing over LAN or WAN.¹² ³

Cluster-aware application characteristics

Use TCP/IP to maintain heartbeat between nodes.
Capable of transaction processing.
Mirroring cluster information in realtime.

References

Microsoft TechNet - Cluster-Aware Applications
Microsoft Developer Network - Cluster-Aware Applications
Aum Cluster - Aum Clusterware - Framework for building Cluster-Aware Applications Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Microsoft TechNet - Cluster-Aware Applications

[2] Microsoft Developer Network - Cluster-Aware Applications

[3] Aum Cluster - Aum Clusterware - Framework for building Cluster-Aware Applications Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine

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Cluster-aware application characteristics

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