Microsoft is developing a version of its Windows Server 2003 operating system that is designed to handle applications running across dozens of single- or dual-processor computers working in parallel.
Microsoft develops Windows for parallel computing
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Will the licencing be per cluster, or per machine? I can’t imagine that they’ll do well in this market. This is where linux’s licensing terms are usually very favorable.
… a version of Windows for Word Processing. In all searious though, why does microsoft need a seperate version of Winodws server for every task? Why can’t some of these Server version just be an application package you download and install on a “thin” version of standard server?
This page
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/default.mspx
Lists about 22 diferent version of Windows Server, so why can’t some of these things just be installed instead?
I think if they could, then Win2K3 server would be a more popular choice.
This page
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/default.mspx
Lists about 22 diferent version of Windows Server, so why can’t some of these things just be installed instead?
22 version? Uuuh, dude:
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Small Business Server 2003
5 versions.
Isn’t this the fourth or fifth time this story has been posted on OSNews?
I cant wait. Very exciting
those was about MS making SuperComputer OS ( or Clustring IIRC)
…insecure applications and operating systems that all screw up at the same time….
🙂
Aren’t .NET, DCOM, RPC, and probably a few more things I’m forgetting, all supposed to enable distributed processing in one form or another? Perhaps a “cluster manager” MMC plug-in would be nice, but other than that, it seems that the APIs are already in place for programmers to use Server 2003 (or even 2000) for that purpose.
“… a version of Windows for Word Processing. In all searious though, why does microsoft need a seperate version of Winodws server for every task? Why can’t some of these Server version just be an application package you download and install on a “thin” version of standard server? ”
Because of the way Microsoft designs it’s Windows line. Usually they like to build as much as they can possibly build right into kernel space and other such designs for speed and not modularity.
You’ll likely see that their cluster version will be very different from the single host system.
Maybe someone else can shed better light on this, I’m not very knowledgable about it.
Because of the way Microsoft designs it’s Windows line. Usually they like to build as much as they can possibly build right into kernel space and other such designs for speed and not modularity.
Bollocks
You’ll likely see that their cluster version will be very different from the single host system.
Unlikely. Using hsitory as a guide, it’ll be largely the same core, just with a different software bundle and different kerenl tuning parameters.
Maybe someone else can shed better light on this, I’m not very knowledgable about it.
Evidently.
What sort of applications would benefit from a distributed windows environment?
a webserver?
a heavily loaded e-mail server?
Don’t most professional 3D applications run on other platforms than windows? (I think if you google “Rendering Farm,” you’ll see what I mean.)
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the benefit of distributed windows? Also, how will patching work? would each computer need to be upgraded, rebooted then put back on the network? Would there need to be a distributed Anti-Virus program?
If you were a game developer, I could see the benefit of distributed 3D rendering or distributed Compiling, but outside of that what’s the point? This is not a flame, just a lot of questions.
Windows Server 2003 (ok this makes since)
Application Center (?)
BizTalk Server (& the Live Communications Server is not the same?)
Commerce Server (Mange your bussines?)
Content Management Server (mange your content?)
Exchange Server (mail)
Host Integration Server (?)
Identity Integration Server (?)
ISA Server {?}
Live Communications Server (isn’t this the same as the Biztalk sever)
Operations Manager (?)
SharePoint Portal Server (connect local computers?)
Speech Server (again, why? already 3 severs to do with communication)
SQL Server (databases)
Systems Management Server (control panel?)
Virtual Server (vrml)
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Windows Storage Server (FTP)
@Nicholas James
Are you aware that your list of “servers” are not operating systems. It is a bit silly to say that each service you can run on windows somehow creates a new server OS.