INTRODUCTION TO SERVERS &

INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008

R2Network Administration and Maintenance

INTRODUCTION TO SERVERS

PART 1

WHAT IS A SERVER?

It is a computer on a network that provides services to other computers on a network.

EXAMPLE OF OS SERVERS Mac OS X Server Windows Small Business Server

2008 Linux FreeBSD Solaris

servervs

SERVER

SERVER OPERATING SYSTEM More robust, secure, stable

rather than desktop operating system

Deal with more clients Expensive

SERVER HARDWARE

server – doesn’t need any specialized hardware

SERVER – they do make special hardware Server processor (Zeon) Redundant power supply RAID (Redundant array of

Independent Disk) ECCRAM (Error-correcting

code memory)

SERVER FUNCTION

Windows Server

Ubuntu server

Windows XP

SERVER TYPES

Authentication Server Security Send your credentials logging-in to a network server

(access)

SERVER TYPES

Print Server Share local printer to a network

SERVER TYPES

File Server Computer that has shared folder and

files that people on the network that can access

SERVER TYPES

Web Server Presented by a website

2 TYPES OF WEB SERVER

Apache – open source and can be installed on any flat form

IIS – can be installed on windows flat form only

SERVER TYPES

FTP (file transfer protocol) Server Allows to transfer files in one place to

another (back and fort)

SERVER TYPES

Email Server Routes email for a company of

organization Microsoft exchange server

SERVER TYPES

Database Server Store data and allow outside

application to put data in or out Reside in a server

EXAMPLE OF DATABASE SERVER

Mysql (open source)

Microsoft sql (run only in windows)

Oracle (horribly expensive)

SERVER TYPES

Remote Access Server (VPN – Virtual Private Network) Allows you to connect to the server

and get access to another network by the use of internet

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Longhorn

sometimes abbreviated as "Win2K8" or "W2K8“

one of Microsoft Windows' server line of operating systems. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and officially released on February 27, 2008

it is the successor to Windows Server 2003, released nearly five years earlier. A second release, named Windows Server 2008 R2, was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009.

INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008

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