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Snow Leopard™ Server
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Snow Leopard™ Server

by Daniel Eran Dilger
November 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
976 pages
22h 28m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 1. Introducing Mac OS X Server

In This Chapter

  • Planning Mac OS X Server deployments

  • Administration tools

  • Basic versus advanced management roles

  • Kernel, Unix, and open-source services

  • Specialized server applications

  • Managing network client resources

  • What's new in Snow Leopard Server

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server builds on a decade of development at Apple to create an operating system and server applications that pair the security, stability, scalability, and performance of a Unix core and open-source software with the company's hallmark ability to design approachable, attractive, and easy-to-use tools as its administrative interface.

This chapter presents an overview of the following:

  • The advanced planning required to successfully deploy Snow Leopard Server

  • The administration tools used to configure and manage the server

  • The configuration options available to serve the needs of both basic and advanced users

  • An introduction to the layers within Mac OS X, starting at the kernel, moving up through Unix and its open-source software components, and then into the specialized server applications from Apple

  • Moving beyond the server itself into managing users and client computers on the network

  • The features and improvements new to Snow Leopard Server

Planning Mac OS X Server Deployments

A critical aspect of deploying any server product is adequate planning performed well in advance of any procurement decisions. Although Mac OS X Server represents a refined, powerful software tool well-suited for ...

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