Installation guide

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Configuration for Clustering
ESX Server clustering capabilities are ideally suited for development, testing and
training applications. Any clustering configuration based on ESX Server should not be
deployed in a production environment unless it has been rigorously tested and
reviewed.
The following sections outline how to use VMware ESX Server 2.1 and higher to
provide clustered virtual machines in a variety of environments.
• What Is Clustering? on page 330
• Clustering Virtual Machines on page 332
• Network Load Balancing on page 351
• Guidelines for Specific Configurations on page 358