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Whats the difference between HA and a Beowulf?
The simple answer is purpose. a Beowulf cluster is designed for the purpose of using many machines to perform a single task very quickly.
HA is designed to use multiple machines to ensure that a process/processes remains active, regardless of all other factors, usually involving multiple machines as backups.
Is load balancing HA?
Not really. Load balancing (distributing incoming traffic amongst multiple machines) is a good method to eliminate a failure weakpoint, and thus strengthen a HA solution, but isnt itself a HA solution.  
Side note: When Turbolinux was informed of this little technicality, they removed their HA claim from their Cluster Server.
Hey, I just installed Redhat 6.1, and it doesnt work with my--
We're not Redhat, you need to find one of the nice people in the redshirts.