Shared Nothing Cluster

Systems in shared nothing clusters do not share access to disks; they maintain separate copies of data. VCS shared nothing clusters typically have read-only data stored locally on both systems. For example, a pair of systems in a cluster that includes a critical Web server which provides access to a backend database. The Web server runs on local disks and does not require data sharing at the Web server level.

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Shared Nothing Cluster