Network Operating Systems - Characteristics and Standards

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Bachelor in Information Technology Introduction to Networking IT2250 / u05a2 / Final NOS Characteristics and Standards Susan A. Schwartz Instructor: Mileia Lewis March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Identifying the Network Operating Systems (NOS)3 NOS Roles and Purposes 3-4 Implementations, Comparisons 4-5 Importance of Work Done5-6 NOS’s and Security 6 NOS’s and Installation 6-7 NOS and Usage 7 References 8 Identify the different NOS’s that exist. More commonly we hear about Microsoft Windows, MAC OS X (Macintosh) and LINUX as the main choices for NOS’s today and probably much of the public has not researched beyond these choices. Consideration of the NOS selection will highly depend on what applications the business will be utilizing, what type of network will be installed such as peer-to-peer or client/server and what types of user applications will be utilized. Network Design Manual stated, “The NOS shapes the entire look and feel of the network environment” (Network Computing, nd). It is impossible to list all the NOS’s that exist today but some of the more common ones are: Microsoft Windows NT Family of 2003 Server and Windows Server 2008, GNU/Linux, Apple MAC OS X, Novell Netware and OpenBSD (Berkley Software Distribution). Explain how each works, including roles and purposes. The network operating system is often referred to as “The Dialoguer” (Wikipedia, 2013) and is software that operates on a computer server allowing and instructing the server how to operate. The NOS is very similar to a computer operating system (OS) except it contains more complex services and the roles and purpose that differentiates them from a normal OS are: * Defining sharing of network resources * Organization of file and print sharing * Storing and access of data * Security: Offers data

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