Planning and Administering

Windows Server® 2008

Servers
Module 3: Planning Windows Server 2008 Server
Roles
• Planning for Windows Server 2008 Hardware

• Combining Windows Server 2008 Server Roles

• Planning for Windows Server 2008 File Servers

• Planning for Windows Server 2008 Server Core

• Planning for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Lesson: Planning for Windows Server 2008 Hardware
• How Windows Server 2008 Uses Process and Memory
Resources
• Considerations for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Hardware

• Recommendations for Combining Server Roles

• Hardware Redundancy
How Windows Server 2008 Uses Process and
Memory Resources

• Addressing:
 64-bit

• Allocation:
 Prioritization

 Address space layout randomization

• Windows System Resource Manager:

 Processor

 Memory

• Watchdog timer:
 Hardware

 Software
Considerations for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Hardware

• Licensing:
 32-bit versus 64-bit

 Cost

 Reuse

 Hyper-V

• 64-bit operations:
 32-bit support

 64-bit operating system

 Applications

 Hyper-V
Recommendations for Combining Server Roles

• Roles that can be combined:

 Assessment of your unique
environment
 DHCP, DNS, file servers, print
servers
• Server performance testing:
 Windows System Resource Manager

 Windows Reliability and

Performance Monitor
 Task Manager

• Server capacity planning:

 Business

 IT
Hardware Redundancy

• RAID

• Error correction code

• Memory mirroring

• NIC teaming

• Power supply units

Lesson: Combining Windows Server 2008 Server
Roles
• Server Roles

• Performance Implications of Combining Server Roles

• Recommendations for Combining Server Roles

• Options for Maintaining High Availability

Server Roles

Role Purpose
• Active Directory Certificate Services
• Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory • Active Directory Lightweight Directory

Services
• Active Directory Rights Management
Services
DNS • Name resolution

File services • Network file system

Print services • Printing

NAP • Network Access Protection

IIS • Web services

Terminal Services • Remote desktop and applications

Performance Implications of Combining Server
Roles

Tools for measuring performance

• Task Manager
• Windows System Resource Manager
• Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
• Log files

Impact of combining roles

• DHCP server
• DNS server
• File server
• Active Directory server
Recommendations for Combining Server Roles

• Network:
 Utilization

 Bandwidth

• Security

• Server usage scenarios:

 DHCP

 Active Directory

• Future business requirements

Options for Maintaining High Availability

• Network load balancing

• Clustered servers

• Virtualization

• Application servers:
 DFS

 Active Directory

 DNS
Lesson: Planning for Windows Server 2008 File
Servers
• File Storage in Windows Server 2008

• Recommendations for File Storage

• High-Availability File Servers

• Clustering Options for File Servers

File Storage in Windows Server 2008
File Server Resource Manager

• Quotas
• File screening
• Storage reports

SAN

• Storage Explorer
• Logical unit numbers
• Virtual disk service
• Multipath I/O

NAS

• iSCSI
Recommendations for File Storage

•Implement server roles and Server

Core to improve system security
•Use File Server Resource Manager
to manage file storage

•Restrict access based on principles

of least privilege
•Use additional security such as
Encrypting File System

• Plan for current and future

capacity by using:
 Quotas

 Performance monitoring

 Best practice guidelines

 High-Availability File Servers

DFS
• Fault-tolerant root

• DFS replication
Failover clustering
• Creating shares:
 Windows
Explorer
Server Core  MMC
• Security

• Efficiency
Clustering Options for File Servers

• Failover clustering:
 Self-healing

 SAN-friendly

• Enhanced features:
 Access-based enumeration

 Disk size

 Resizing disks
Lesson: Planning for Windows Server 2008
Server Core
• Windows Server 2008 Server Core

• Hardware Requirements for Windows Server 2008 Server

Core
• Features of Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Enhanced security

Minimal installation

No GUI
Hardware Requirements for Windows Server
2008 Server Core

• Capacity:
 Reduced overhead

 Consolidation

• Removable storage

• Security:
 Reduced attack surface

 BitLocker
Features of Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Lesson: Planning for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
• Guidelines for Hyper-V Design

• Considerations for Hyper-V Design

• Hyper-V Scenarios
Guidelines for Hyper-V Design

Hyper-V design includes:

 Scope
 Application compatibility
 Resource requirements
 Grouping
 Finalization
Considerations for Hyper-V Design

Applications

Hosts

Availability

Storage

Networking
Hyper-V Scenarios

Server consolidation

Branch office

Legacy servers
Lab: Planning Windows Server 2008 Servers
• Exercise 1: Planning a Windows Server 2008 Server
Configuration
• Exercise 2: Planning a Windows Server 2008 File Server

• Exercise 3: Deploying a Windows Server 2008 File Server

Logon information
6430A-NYC-DC1-02
Virtual machine 6430A-NYC-FILE-02
6430A-NYC-SVR1-03

User name Woodgrovebank\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Module Review and Takeaways
• Review Questions

• Real-World Issues and Scenarios

• Best Practices Related to Windows Server 2008 Hardware

• Best Practices Related to Identifying Windows Server 2008

Server Roles
• Best Practices Related to Planning for Windows Server
2008 File Servers
• Best Practices Related to Planning for Windows Server
2008 Server Core
• Tools