Type 2 Configuration
Grid Server
Grid Server
Platform Server
Type 2
Node Server
Firewall Cluster Configuration
n Grid Server communicates with Platform Server that
only has an internal IP address through SSH tunnels on
a firewall
n Platform Server communicates with Node Servers that
process Grid Server tasks
n All Nodes are of the same OS architecture (Linux,
AIX, Solaris, etc.), but processor class may be different
(PIII-Xeon, Pwr2-Pwr3, Ultra3-Ultra2i, etc.)