Keeping servers clean and updated seems to be the most important thing for systems administrators these days. A Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation comes without most of the easily targeted components but can not easily kept up to date.
Month: July 2007
Virtual Server Core
In my opinion Windows Server 2008 Server Core servers are perfect for virtualization. They don't eat up a lot of resources and they don't have excess baggage. Server Core as a guest might meet your virtualization demands, but think about host configurations…
Route 64
Sixty-four is the square of 8, the cube of 4, and the sixth power of 2. It is the smallest number with exactly seven divisors. It is also the only flavor we're going to see Windows Server in, starting with the next major version after Windows Server 2008. Windows Small Business Server Codename "Cougar" will be the … Continue reading "Route 64"