How is the "heartbeat" used in failover clusters?

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Redundancy and failover keep your system running smoothly when one of the components fails. Failover automation occurs using a "heartbeat" network of two host computers. Essentially, the second server monitors the first host computer and will immediately begin executing the functions of the first computer if it detects a failure.

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Assume an operation p has a compensating operation p?1. Showthat if operation q commutes with p, then p?1 commutes with q.

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_____ refers to organizational subunits and the way they relate to the overall organization.

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____________________ is the time it takes for networked information to travel from the transmitting device to the receiving device.

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To change the settings related to new databases, you could use the ________ button

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