ABSTRACT

This single-volume desktop reference provides comprehensive information on all server issues - featuring contributions from experts in the field. Engineers for system vendors, systems integrators, major resellers, end-users, and representatives from Hewlett-Packard, Novell, IBM, Compaq, Microsoft, and NEC share their ideas and experience on such to

part |2 pages

SECTION I THE ROLES OF THE SERVER

chapter 1|12 pages

The Client/Server Architecture

chapter |4 pages

SECTION II SERVER FUNCTIONALITY

chapter 5|12 pages

Server Issues and Trends, 2000

chapter 7|10 pages

Consolidated Server Overview

part |2 pages

SECTION III HARDWARE

chapter 13|16 pages

Server Memory Issues

chapter 14|10 pages

CPUs

chapter 15|10 pages

Server Data Bus Structures

chapter 16|10 pages

The RAID Advantage

chapter 17|8 pages

Multiprocessing Servers

chapter |4 pages

SECTION IV NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS

chapter 19|16 pages

NetWare 3.x

chapter 20|10 pages

intraNetWare Overview

chapter 22|8 pages

Windows NT Architecture

chapter 25|20 pages

A Look At Linux

chapter 27|8 pages

Changing Server Operating Systems

chapter 28|10 pages

UNIX as an Application Server

chapter |4 pages

SECTION V APPLICATION SERVERS

chapter 30|6 pages

Fax Servers

chapter 31|14 pages

Remote Access Concepts

chapter 32|10 pages

Communication Servers

chapter 33|10 pages

Internet Mail Server Overview

chapter 35|8 pages

Virtual Server Overview

chapter 36|10 pages

Text-to-Speech Server Overview

chapter 37|26 pages

CD-ROM Servers

part |2 pages

SECTION VI SERVER PERFORMANCE

part |2 pages

SECTION VIII SERVER ADD-ONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING METHODOLOGIES