In earlier days,
keeping the data secure with the help of proper back up and making it available
for many people was a tedious task especially for those organizations that
dealt with large amount of data. Today
you can see several issues that led to loss of data and accessibility troubles
for which you need to be careful and keep the information safe at some place.
To cope up with these
data loss issues faced by the organizations, the concept of server was
introduced. With the help of servers any individual or organization can store
the data and access it anytime and anywhere.
What is a server?
A server is usually a program or a machine that
responds to other machines or programs that request data from it. The main
purpose of a server is to share data between clients. The transfer of data
between client and server is known as client server architecture.
What is Windows server?
Windows is a product
of Microsoft and its journey started long back and with time it became
important for computer users worldwide. Microsoft not only launched Windows but
a long list of products that have been helping users over decades.
Windows server is a
product introduced by Microsoft is a group of operating system. It is based on
Windows NT architecture which provides server oriented services like User
Management, Messaging, Security and Authorization, Resource Management among
users and applications and other server dependent services.
What is Windows Server 2012?
Windows Server 2012
is the 6th release is the present day version of Microsoft server.
Previously it was named as Windows Server 8. This version includes the recent
concepts of Cloud computing and follows a better Storage infrastructure. Its
successor Windows Server 2012 R2 has also been launched with the introduction
of Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012 Editions
Microsoft launched
various editions of Windows server 2012 depending on the segment of users.
Windows has launched four editions with different combinations that sound
economic to the user depending upon the requirement they have.
Each and every edition has some specific
features that make data management easier than before.
The four editions are
given below
Data center- highly virtualized with unlimited
virtual instance rights
Standard- little virtualization with two
virtual instances
Essentials- small business for simple
administration with no virtualization rights
Foundation- Entry level, general purpose economy
server with no virtualization rights.
Features of Windows
Server 2012
New Server Manager- In this feature, users can form
server groups that consist of servers already existing on the user network.
These can be managed via new user experience.
Hyper V-Replication- The features called hyper V Replica
enables the user to replicate the virtual machine from one location to another
by using Hyper V and a network connection.
Storage Spaces- This can be considered as one of the
most important feature under which takes the storage hardware and convert it
into a pool of storage which is further divided into spaces.
Dynamic Access control-In this feature access to information
can be controlled or restricted. This feature eliminates the tedious task of
selecting the Yes/No permission and gives accessibility rights to other users.
IP Address Management: - Windows Server 2012 offers an IPAM
suite. In this suite users can allocate, group, issue, lease or renew the IP
address. Apart from this, integration with the inbox DHCP and DNS server is
also possible. If any device is on the network, then it can be managed by using
this suite.
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