Windows 2000 Server Ch 2

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In the past, requirements for Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation have been very similar, but this is not the case with Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Workstation.

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Windows 2000 Professional includes many more service options and more robust connectivity, which means it requires more resources than Windows 2000 Server does

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In accordance with the minimum hardware requirements to install Windows 2000 Professional on Intel and RISC-based computers, a Pentium 166 MHz (or faster) processor is required.

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Your first stop in selecting hardware for Windows 2000 Server should be to check Microsoft's hardware compatibility list.

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A low clock speed helps ensure the CPU does not become bottlenecked with more processing requests that it can handle.

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Windows 2000 uses Pentium-enabled features such as multithreading and multitasking.

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The L1 cache built into the Pentium Pro chip is either 256 KB, 512 KB, or 1 MB, with 512 KB as the most common implementation.

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The L2 caching architecture in the Pentium II and Pentium III is faster the Pentium Pro, but more expensive.

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Symmetric multiprocessor computers have two, three, four, eight, or more processors to share the processing load.

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Clustered computers are linked together by two elements: the operating system and high-speed links between the computers.

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Windows 2000 Server is a 64-bit operating system

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Modern servers contain primarily MCA buses for fast transport of information via heavily used components such as disk drives and NICs

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The purpose of intelligent input/output is to increase the speed of operations involving peripherals, while reducing the need for the main processor to handle I/O processes

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The OS Services Module is software located on the peripheral controller or adapter that operates independently of the operating system.

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Automatic configuration is the ability to automatically detect and configure new hardware devices

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Plug and Play must be enabled in the computer's BIOS.

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Plug and Play was lacking in the previous versions of Windows NT.

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Firmware is software that is stored on a chip.

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Full duplex is the capacity to send and receive simultaneously

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An inexpensive way to boost server performance is to install extra RAM.

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Disk contention can be increased through the design of the server disk storage.

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ESDI disk controllers provide above average data transfer rates.

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It is important to make sure each device connected to the interface has a unique address.

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. Computers designed as servers generally come equipped with SCSI-1 adapters or higher.

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The SCSI interface plugs into one of the computer's open expansion slots on the main board.

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When you configure a server, be cautious about placing too much demand on access to hard disk storage.

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One method to significantly increase performance on a server is to purchase two or more hard disk drives and divide the flow between two or more data pathways by placing the drives on a single adapter

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With disk mirroring, there is one drive for each disk volume of data

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____ 29. Figure 2-8 illustrates an example of disk mirroring.

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Another approach to disk redundancy is the use of a redundant array of inexpensive (or independent) disks.

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RAID level 2 uses disk striping and stores error-correcting information, but the information is only written to one disk in the array.

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Recovery from a failed disk provides roughly the same guarantee as with disk mirroring, but takes longer with RAID level 5.

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Windows 2000 Server supports only RAID levels 1 and 5 for disk fault tolerance.

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RAID fault-tolerance methods are not supported in Windows 2000 Datacenter.

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The boot and system files can be placed on RAID level 1, but not on RAID level 5.

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The disk storage fault tolerance-method you use depends on factors such as budget constraints

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Byte for byte, Zip disk backup is usually the least expensive and most convenient way to back up an entire server.

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If hard disks also are on the same adapter as the tape drive, for example, server access to the disks may be slowed due to the high traffic through that adapter during backups

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One way to implement CD-ROM access is to purchase a CD-ROM "jukebox" or server that can be connected to the Windows 2000 server by using a SCSI adapter or Fibre Channel

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Windows NT 4.0 does not support Digital Video Discs, but Windows 2000 does.

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