Apple Leopard Server operating system preemptive evaluation

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Apple's Puma ' Jaguar (Leopard) ' Server operating system

Not long ago, I was given a chance to experience Apple's upcoming server operating system with a handful of staff from Apple's computer company. The server operating system named "Jaguar", or MAC OS X server 10.5, is expected to be released sometime in the spring of 2007, Leopard. It will be the seventh version of the server operating system that Apple has released since 2000 and will be the second version of the Mac OS server that can run natively on the Inter processor.

Since the official launch of the new Apple server operating system is not far off, Apple is also in a timely fashion to launch a 36-month overall system upgrade plan to spur the sale of related products. Given the past release history of Apple's server operating system (less than 7 major upgrades in 6 years), this may mean that users can get an upgrade for a major version of the system in three times--a really good deal.

Leopard Server Overview

Based on Unix

The new Leopard server system is a pure 64-bit operating system, but it can seamlessly run 32-bit applications and extensions. Unlike other operating systems (ironic Vista), Leopard server only has a unique version, and any program and driver, whether it's 64-bit or 32-bit, can be run on the Leopard server system naturally and without any performance loss.

This version of the server operating system will no longer be just a unix-based system, it will also be identified as a "unixae" system. This designation indicates that when Leopard server is compiled for the platform, it can run any UNIX-compliant applications without any modification to the user interface or other code of the relevant application. The new Leopard Server system will also include 64-bit versions of MySQL 4, MySQL 5, Apache 2, and 64-bit improved versions of Postfix and Cyrus for handling mail transactions.

Installation of the Leopard server system

Installation

At the outset, the Leopard Server System installer provides two basic core installations for users to choose from: "Professional it/data center workers" and "Small Business/Workgroup environments". You can choose to build this computer into a simple stand-alone server, provide only the most basic network services; You can also choose whether this server is in a workgroup environment that automatically blends into existing directory servers and e-mail systems, or IT Pros can choose to use Advanced installation mode, In order to personalize the server as usual.

A new feature, called Network Health Check (network health check), will query the address and port of the selected network service and inform the system administrator about usability issues before executing its own system "build". As part of the construction process of a stand-alone server for small and medium business companies, system administrators can define user accounts during the construction process. In the construction of workgroup mode, it allows system administrators to import user account information from existing directory server systems and specify related accounts for verification, rather than replicating them. When the system of the client computer is constructed and connected to the server, their account information and related settings are automatically pushed onto the client's computer, which greatly simplifies the entire installation and management process.