TKCluster is the open source clustermanager developed by Solid Rock Technologies, featured in the July 2004 issue of SysAdmin Magazine, and also featured in the Jan 29, 2004 issue of Linux Gazette.

TKCluster and related open-source tools provide exceptional high-availability features that make TKCluster both transparent to the user and efficient during operation:

• Transparent load-sharing for CPU-intensive applications
• Rapid data replication
• Transparent recovery
• Rapid fail-over recognition and resolution
• Fully application-independent: TKCluster manages any service, regardless of type (fileserver, database server, web server, app server, firewall, etc)
• Easily extensible design allows administrators to script new services into an existing cluster
• Easily add or remove computation-nodes on-the-fly without reconfiguration, to scale your computing power as needed

TKCluster is Cost-Effective!

• Runs on standard Intel ™ x86 32-bit hardware without any properietary hardware. Clusters are constructed from commodity parts.
• All-open-source software components, no proprietary licensing fees
• Easily customizable and extensible via Perl module API
• Commercial support on TKCluster can be scaled according to needs
• Commercial TKCluster solutions available for as low as $3000(USD).

TKCluster Minimum Requirements

• Software Requirements: Linux 2.4, Perl 5 (provided in all modern Linux distributions)
• Hardware: 2 or more x86 32-bit architecture machines (i386, 32 MB RAM, 1 MB free disk space)

TKCluster Links

• Download the latest stable TKCluster release.(Updated July 19, 2004)
• Kernel 2.4.22 with SATA ata_piix, openmosix, intel e1000 drivers.(suitable for ICH5 SATA chipset, Asus P4P800, most Intel Pro/1000 MT adapters)
• Release Notes for TKCluster (Updated August 29, 2004)
• Local copy of Linux Gazette Article on TKCluster, Jan 2004