Unix, Linux, and Windows Server Critique
UNIX, Linux, and Windows Server Critique
UNIX, Linux, and Windows Server Critique
Administration
Windows Server Advantages There are many administration advantages for Windows Servers. One aspect is domain operations which are an important resource available on the network through Window Server. Making Window Server a domain controller adds security and the ability to add local and group policies to the network (Garza, 2010). If Window Server is not promoted to the status of a domain controller, then it can run simple network operations using peer-to-peer structures (Garza, 2010). These are workgroups, and they can only block or allow access but do not provide control features for the network. The numbers of applications that are available to run in the Window Server environment are numerous these include financial apps, database programs, and e-mail exchange operations as well as web server and Internet programs (Garza, 2010). Windows Server local policies have the ability to perform certain operational commands. These are operations available to the domain controller network system. This means that Window Server can centralize user and computer access. Only one machine needs to be configured as the Domain Controller rather than all machines on the network. Disadvantages The biggest issue that Windows Server has it that in some of the older versions the administrator console was cumbersome and confusing to use, and in the earlier versions group policies were nonexistent and third party tools were something they had to rely on. Windows also use GUI interface, which most prefer to use a command line interface (Sepago, 2012). UNIX Advantages There are many administration advantages for UNIX. One example will be how multiple users can run multiple programs each at the same time without interfering with each other or crashing the system. Also, all users must be authenticated by a valid account and
UNIX, Linux, and Windows Server Critique
Administration
Windows Server Advantages There are many administration advantages for Windows Servers. One aspect is domain operations which are an important resource available on the network through Window Server. Making Window Server a domain controller adds security and the ability to add local and group policies to the network (Garza, 2010). If Window Server is not promoted to the status of a domain controller, then it can run simple network operations using peer-to-peer structures (Garza, 2010). These are workgroups, and they can only block or allow access but do not provide control features for the network. The numbers of applications that are available to run in the Window Server environment are numerous these include financial apps, database programs, and e-mail exchange operations as well as web server and Internet programs (Garza, 2010). Windows Server local policies have the ability to perform certain operational commands. These are operations available to the domain controller network system. This means that Window Server can centralize user and computer access. Only one machine needs to be configured as the Domain Controller rather than all machines on the network. Disadvantages The biggest issue that Windows Server has it that in some of the older versions the administrator console was cumbersome and confusing to use, and in the earlier versions group policies were nonexistent and third party tools were something they had to rely on. Windows also use GUI interface, which most prefer to use a command line interface (Sepago, 2012). UNIX Advantages There are many administration advantages for UNIX. One example will be how multiple users can run multiple programs each at the same time without interfering with each other or crashing the system. Also, all users must be authenticated by a valid account and
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