Microsoft runs with Wolfpack to address server clustering needs

The upcoming Wolfpack clustering extensions to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 4.0 release are just one more sign that Microsoft is beaming in on the needs of enterprise network customers. Network World Staff Writer Ben Heskett recently spoke with Mark Wood, a Wolfpack product manager at Microsoft, about the technology's role in customers networks.

What role will Wolfpack play in Windows NT-based and heterogenous networks?

Wolfpack will only let you harden the NT nodes in your network for higher availability and scalability.

It is not applicable to other operating systems, but a Wolfpack cluster will benefit from NT's ability to work with the network infrastructure. So a Wolfpack cluster will have the same interoperability with...