Network Operating Systems Eric Bis, Matthew Howard, Alex Johnson, Stephanie Mears, Evan Miller

Apple Number of Clients Supported: Unlimited Number of Processors supported: 64-bit and 86-bit Minimum and Suggested Hardware Specifications Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor 2GB of memory 7 GB available space Support for SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File and Print and Remote Administration: Supports SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File and Print, Remote Administration Support for Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac clients: Supports Mac clients Back-up capabilities: Uses Time Machine to automatically create back-ups of valuable data and store them on hard drives throughout the network. Security Features: Closed communication ports Download validation Firewall Password protection FileVault (data encryption) Encrypted disk images Licensing: Apple offers volume, education, and single licensing. The volume license requires a minimum of 20 licenses. The education license must be purchased through their specific Apple account representative and requires that it be used for K-12 with a minimum of 20 licenses purchased.

Support Service: Mac OS X Lion server purchased from the Apple Store includes complimentary 90-day support. After that time period, its based on which Apple product you installed the software on. If support has expired it will need to be purchased.

Novell Number of Clients Supported: Novell Open Enterprise Server can run on a Linux or Netware kernel. Number of Processors Supported: AMD64 IBM Power IMB System z Intel 64 Itanium Processor Family x86 Pentium 4 Minimum and Suggested Hardware Specifications: Server-class computer Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor (1.5 GHz or higher is recommended) 768 MB RAM minimum (1 GB is recommended) 10 GB free disk space At least 1 network interface card (RAM and disk space shown here are for system components only. The service components you install might require additional RAM and disk space.) Support for SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File & Print and Remote Administration: Novell Cluster Services allow you to receive real-time SMTP notifications. Offers HTTP handling and DNS support. Offers file and storage support as well as Print support via iPrint Server. Novell Remote Manager can be used for remote administration. Support for Windows, Linux, Unix & Mac clients Novell Open Enterprise Server can be installed on Linux, Unix & Mac clients. Back up capabilities Novell Open Enterprise Server does not have any self back up capabilities. SEP Sesam is the main backup utility used. Security Features Novell offers Identity Manager 3.5 Bundle Edition. This utility synchronizes user accounts and passwords in mixed environments and simplifies identity management. Licensing Novell Open Enterprise Server is licensed per user. Support Service Support is provided based on the type of license purchased. Master License Agreement Customers are provided with 24/7 priority support. Volume License Agreement Customers are provided direct support via chat, email, and phone.

Red Hat Number of clients supported: AS Versions: 3, 4, 5 are Unlimited ES Versions: 3, 4, 5 are Limited to 2 Number of processors supported: Limited to 32 processors Minimum and suggested hardware specifications: Recommended processors: x86, AMD64, Intel64, ltanium, IBM POWER, IBM Mainframe Support for SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File & Print and Remote Administration: Supports: SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File & Print, and Remote Administration Support for Windows, Linux, Unix & Mac clients: Supports: Windows, Linux & Unix Back up capabilities: The tar utility is used for archiving, cpio moves data to a different place by creating an archive file from the directory, dump and restore methods similar to Unix and AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) which can use either tar or dump to do the actual backups to the data centers servers. Security features: Identity management Encryption Authentication Auditing Access Control Firewall Communication Filtering Licensing: The purchase and use of Red Hat products and services are governed by an Enterprise Agreement including an End User License Agreement Support Services: 345/24/7 Technical support around the world, subscription management, support ticketing and reporting, software downloads, up to 10 years of support and maintenance for any release.

Microsoft Users Supported: Windows Small Business Server 2011 comes in two editions, Standard and Essentials. Standard supports up to 75 users while the Essentials supports up to 25. The number of clients Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2003 is unlimited. Processors Supported: Windows Server 2008: Standard edition supports up to 4 processors. Enterprise Edition supports up to 8 processors. Data Edition supports 32 processors on 32-bit and 64 processors on 64-bit .Windows Computer Cluster Server is designed to support thousands of processors. Back Up Capabilities: Windows Server 2008 R2 comes with four wizards: Schedule Backup Wizard, Backup Once Wizard, Recovery Wizard, and Catalog Recovery Wizard. These come with the ability to store backups on a remote shared folder as well setting conditions to include/exclude certain files and folders. All of these features can also be set up on the Wbadmin Command Prompt. Supports SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File & Print and Remote Administration Support for Windows, Linux, Unix & Mac clients Security Features: Server Role -- restricts servers from doing any other task they what are specified to do. BitLocker -- data encryptor that uses complex algorithms. Business Process Analyzer -- gives automatic audits to make sure each server has the latest software updates and security patches.

Minimum Hardware Specifications: Processor 1 GHz(x86), 1.4 GHz (x64) Memory: 512 MB Ram Disk Space: 10 GB Suggested Hardware Specifications: Processor 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB Ram Disk Space: 40 GB Offers Volume Licensing Programs for: Commercial Organizations Worldwide Government Licensing United States Government Licensing School and University Charitable Organization Software and Service Partners

Support: Microsoft offers support through pay per incident. MSDNA subscribers receive 4 complimentary technical support incidents. TechNet Plus subscribers receive 2 complimentary and then a 20 percent discount on any phone incidents. There are Server Support Forums on Microsofts website. Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2008 (All Editions) will end on 7/9/2013 Extended Support will end on 7/10/2018 Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2003 (All Editions) ended on 7/13/2010 Extended Support will end on 7/14/2015 Windows Server 2000 is not longer supported.

Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 Number of Clients Supported Oracle Solaris 10 also offers powerful built-in virtualization features. With Oracle Solaris Containers, you can maintain a one-application-per-virtual-server deployment model while consolidating dozens or even hundreds of clients onto a single server and OS instance. Number of Processors Supported supports up to four processors. Minimum and Suggested Hardware Specifications Must have a SPARC hardware design (oracle and sun systems own design) or must have a 64 bit x86 based architechture. AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors are supported by all systems and some systems support Dell, intel, IBM, HP and Fujitsu siemens systems. Support for SMTP, HTTP, DNS, File & Print and Remote Administration Support for Windows, Linux and Unix. Back up capabilities includes sun systems built in ZFS file manager. This system prevents against lost or corrupted data. It can be easily configured to create backups. Security Features Solaris 10 gives you the ability to set privileges for users, encrypt any data traveling across the network and control access to data. Overall Solaris 10 is rated quite high for its built in security features. Licensing

Oracle and Sun systems have made both binary and source code versions of Solaris 10 available to be downloaded and licensed without cost.

Support Services Solaris 10 includes a state of the art self healing system. The predictive self healing system diagnosis, isolates and help you recover from any hardware or application faults. Easy to follow instructions are provided to administrators when human interaction is needed.

Recommendations Based on the information of each network operating system, our recommendations, in order of preference, are Microsoft, Redhat and Sun Microsystems. Microsoft is our number one choice due to its compatibility, features, and support. Its compatible with Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac clients. Microsoft network operating system provides integrated security and back up features that allow for easy maintenance of servers. Due to the overall popularity of Microsoft, support is easily accessed through the company and outside sources. Redhat is a solid network operating system that can be used in variety of different environments. The software is built to support over a hundred cores and terabytes of memory. It also comes packaged with a variety of tools to assist in scientific environments as well as in businesses. Businesses can deploy their data into virtual, physical, and cloud systems. Applications can be secured and put into the cloud environments to allow even more versatility. Our third recommendation is Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems network operating system includes both security and back up features, which are highly ranked among competitors. One of the main benefits of their NOS Solaris is that it includes a state of the art self healing systems that helps restore the system from hardware or software faults. Another benefit of using Solaris is the overall lack of costs associated. Sun Microsystems has made the binary and source code versions of their software available for download at no cost. This allows for budget-users to use a reputable software.