Managing and Marinating a Server Environment

Managing and Marinating a Server Environment

Introduction

Acquaintance with the operating systems of one's servers is the most significant and the first move in the way to effective management of a server infrastructure. Familiarity with the features, editions and versions, common management tools, major components, structure, and even the limitations of the operating system would assist in configuring the server infrastructure in such a manner which best employs the capacities and abilities of the servers for the order of serving the business requirements. This research would present an outline of each of the specified areas as they pertain to Windows server 2008. Acquiring knowledge regarding the components and features of the operating system and the ideas and terminologies found within the environment of Windows server 2008, the management and maintenance of Windows 2008 server environment would be highlighted.

Understanding the Windows Server 2008 Environment

Windows sever 2008 is built upon the well known features of Windows operating system which is known by several administrators and users. Windows server 2008, dissimilar to the desktop-client operating systems is planned for providing a complete and robust server platform for the order of achieving every server based requirement of majority of the network environments (Martin, 2008).

Overview of Windows Server 2008 Editions

There are various editions of Widows server 2008 available in for supporting the several workload and server requirements of the network environments. All the editions of Windows server 2008 is tied together with a distinctive set of attributes which aim that edition to a specific environment or even a particular role. The seven editions of Windows server 2008 contend with virtually all practical types of server implementation that may be found or required in a network environment (Barrie, 2008).

Server Management Considerations

Several features and elements of server management, at the time of configuring a server, require being taken into consideration for the order of ensuring that the server environment is functioning in the most consistent and efficient way possible. The elements listed below must be taken into consideration while managing and configuring a Windows 2008 server environment;

What roles are provided within the network infrastructure by the server? The functionality of the server is established by the components of the operating system software which are configured and installed.

Are there any particular security requirements allied to the server? In case there are some particular security requirements of a server or in case the server is being situated in a network or physical environment where there is a high risk of invalid malicious usage, measures require being taken for the order of ensuring that the unauthenticated users having a malicious intent have the fewest areas of the operating system exposed to them.

How would the server be maintained and managed? There are numerous varying tools of Windows server 2008 which facilitate the management of Windows server 2008. Varying tools facilitate varying management capabilities and tasks like multiple administrators, high level overviews, remote access and scripting.

Windows Server 2008 Roles and Features

The functionality and usefulness of a server are established ...