Difference between Server OS and Desktop OS?

Posted by Marcus in Operating System | Windows on Jul 04, 2011

Tweet
2704
1

Related Questions

Do you know the answer for this question? Post it below.

Server OS

Server-oriented operating systems tend to have certain features in common that make them more suitable for the server environment, such as---

1-GUI not available or optional.
2-ability to reconfigure and update both hardware and software to some extent without restart,
3-advanced backup facilities to permit regular and frequent online backups of critical data,
4-transparent data transfer between different volumes or devices,
5-flexible and advanced networking capabilities,
6-automation capabilities such as daemons in UNIX and services in Windows, and

7-tight system security, with advanced user, resource, data, and memory protection.

Desktop OS

An operating system is software, consisting of programs and data, that runs on computers, manages computer hardware resources, and provides common services for execution of various application software. Operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system. Without an operating system, a user cannot run an application program on their computer, unless the application program is self booting.

Examples of popular modern operating systems are: BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and UNIX

Posted by sourav maity on Jul 06, 2011

QUESTION POST LEADERS

Sponsored by

Become a Sponsor

MOST LIKED QUESTIONS

What is Polymorphism? How does VB.NET/C# achieve polymorphism?

PREMIUM SPONSORS

Introducing MaxV - one click. infinite control. Hyper-V Hosting from MaximumASP.

Finally – a virtual platform that delivers next-generation Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization technology from a managed hosting partner you can truly depend on. Visit www.maximumasp.com/max for a FREE 30 day trial. Hurry offer ends soon. Climb aboard the MaxV platform and take advantage of High Availability, Intelligent Monitoring, Recurrent Backups, and Scalability – with no hassle or hidden fees. As a managed hosting partner focused solely on Microsoft technologies since 2000, MaximumASP is uniquely qualified to provide the superior support that our business is built on. Unparalleled expertise with Microsoft technologies lead to working directly with Microsoft as first to offer IIS 7 and SQL 2008 betas in a hosted environment; partnering in the Go Live Program for Hyper-V; and product co-launches built on WS 2008 with Hyper-V technology.

Dynamic PDF

ceTE software specializes in components for dynamic PDF generation and manipulation. The DynamicPDF™ product line allows you to dynamically generate PDF documents, merge PDF documents and new content to existing PDF documents from within your applications.

LATEST JOBS

Applying for job Metro Style App Developer .NET Developer WPF or Silverlight exp Boston MA ASP .Net Developers Split Testing Designer .NET Developer Web Developer Application Engineer Expert .NET Developer Application Developer

View All Jobs |Interview Questions | Ask a Career Question