Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.

Clustering Serveral computers acting as one

Windows server 2008

Does not support active directory

IIS web server

Datacenter edition

You pay by the number of CPUs

Support 16 computers for clustering

Itanium based systems

Can support 512 CPUs and 1024 TB RAM

Able to add and remove things as you need

Without HYPER V

Client / Workstation

A Client access resources on another computer via a network or direct cable connection

A workstation has its own CPU, can be used stand-alone.

All the processing is done on the mainframe

TCO / Total Cost of Ownership How much it costs it to run something

Domain / Active direction

Domain the logical area can be used across cities, defines the computers used, on a website.

Active directory Database the has access to every single resource / physical component

2008 server with client systems

Windows server 2008 features

Server manager a configuration tool

Add roles

Add or remove users

Security

NAP Network area protection

Customize server settings

Customize server ports and ips

Clustering and Tools

Enhanced Web Services

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

A Cert - A person connecting to your system is who they claim to be, matches corresponding licenses.

Windows Server Core

Does not have a GUI

Interact server via command line

GUI takes up resources

It has a low overhead

The footprint one creates with GUI can be tracked by hackers, without a gui its harder.

GUI -- Virtualization

Efficient use of resources

Used as a test environment

Consolidate physical boxes machines put in one physical machine

Consolidation Physical servers to virtual machines

One physical box, in the data center

Hyper V, can be used to run OS on a server

Reliability

Kernel - is the brain of the OS

A piece of code in the OS, that deals with hardware in your box, and interacts with the user.

Without it, you dont have access to your hard drive

Privilege mode a barrier that protects users against applications that are using to much resources, and
slows them down.

Protects applications.

Multi tasking allows you to run two or more programs at the same time.

Planning a windows server, can be skipped.