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Complete Guide to Servers and Serverplus New edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 608 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-Oct-2006
  • Kirjastus: Delmar Cengage Learning
  • ISBN-10: 1418020230
  • ISBN-13: 9781418020231
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 608 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-Oct-2006
  • Kirjastus: Delmar Cengage Learning
  • ISBN-10: 1418020230
  • ISBN-13: 9781418020231
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The Complete Guide to Servers and Server+ is more than just an exam guide to the CompTIA Server+ Exam. It's also a blueprint for a career in server management. With its easy-to-read style, The Complete Guide to Servers and Server+ serves as a good training manual and will serve as a valuable reference after obtaining your certification. This book takes the approach that a good server manager should know the ins and outs of building a server from scratch. With this emphasis throughout the book, The Complete Guide to Servers and Server+ is an essential part of any network manager's library.

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1. Just What IS a Server, Anyway? 2. Filling the Bill 3. On Building Your Own Server 4. A Look at Network Operating Systems 5. Selecting the Right Motherboard 6. Selecting CPUs 7. Memory Requirements for Servers 8. Managing Server I/O 9. Understanding Hard Disk Drives 10. The Many Faces of SCSI 11. Hardware Fault Tolerance 12. Data Backup and Recovery 13. Installation and Upgrading 14. Creating and Using a Server Baseline 15. Documentation and Scheduled Maintenance 16. Basic Troubleshooting Procedures

Preface xi
Introduction 1(1)
About Server+
2(22)
Server+ Job Description
2(1)
The Server+ Exam
3(1)
Domain 1.0 General Server Hardware Knowledge
4(4)
Domain 2.0 Installation
8(2)
Domain 3.0 Configuration
10(3)
Domain 4.0 Upgrading
13(7)
Domain 5.0 Proactive Maintenance
20(1)
Domain 6.0 Environment
21(1)
Domain 7.0 Troubleshooting and Problem Determination
22(1)
Domain 8.0 Disaster Recovery
23(1)
But Can You Build Your Own Server?
24(3)
Just What IS a Server, Anyway?
27(22)
How a Server Differs From a ``Normal Computer''
28(1)
Types of Servers
29(14)
Application Servers
30(4)
Communications Servers
34(6)
General Services of a Network Server
40(3)
Chapter Summary
43(1)
Brain Drain
43(1)
The $64K Questions
43(3)
Tricky Terminology
46(1)
Acronym Alert
47(2)
Filling the Bill
49(22)
The Perfect CPU
50(5)
Two Heads are Better than One
51(2)
How do you Build the Better Mousetrap?
53(2)
Is Your Memory What It Used To Be?
55(2)
Spinning up the Drives
57(5)
Measuring Drive Performance
57(2)
I/O Operations per Second
59(1)
The Importance of Interface
59(3)
Bandwidth
62(3)
Chapter Summary
65(1)
Brain Drain
65(1)
The $64K Questions
66(2)
Tricky Terminology
68(1)
Acronym Alert
69(2)
On Building Your Own Server
71(20)
The Basic Components
72(14)
The Case
73(4)
The CPU
77(1)
The Motherboard
78(3)
The Server's Memory Needs
81(1)
The Server's Storage Requirements
82(2)
The Network Interface
84(2)
Chapter Summary
86(1)
Brain Drain
86(1)
The $64K Questions
86(3)
Tricky Terminology
89(1)
Acronym Alert
89(2)
A Look at Network Operating Systems
91(32)
Just What Is an OS?
92(16)
A File System Overview
93(6)
File Systems
99(5)
Processor Control in the OS
104(1)
Memory Management
105(1)
Device Control
106(2)
Security
108(1)
Other Functions of the NOS
108(2)
Microsoft Networking Options
110(2)
Novell
112(1)
NetWare Versions
112(1)
Unix
113(1)
Linux
114(1)
OS X Server
114(2)
FreeBSD
116(1)
Chapter Summary
116(1)
Brain Drain
116(1)
The $64K Questions
117(3)
Tricky Terminology
120(1)
Acronym Alert
121(2)
Selecting the Right Motherboard
123(24)
Navigating the Motherboard
124(16)
System BIOS
125(3)
Understanding Chip Sets
128(2)
The Expansion Bus
130(2)
CPU Slots
132(4)
Memory Sockets
136(1)
Onboard Peripherals
137(3)
Wrapping up Motherboards
140(1)
Chapter Summary
140(1)
Brain Drain
140(1)
The $64K Questions
141(3)
Tricky Terminology
144(1)
Acronym Alert
144(3)
Selecting CPUs
147(24)
The Subcomponents of the CPU
148(2)
The Instruction Set
150(2)
Advanced CPU Capabilities
150(2)
Symmetric Multiprocessing
152(1)
The RISC of Using CISC
153(1)
Manufacturer Options
154(3)
AMD Offerings
155(1)
Intel Offerings
155(2)
Dual Core Processors
157(2)
Adding and Upgrading Processors
159(4)
Installing a Processor
159(1)
Adding a Second CPU
160(3)
Chapter Summary
163(1)
Brain Drain
163(1)
The $64K Questions
164(4)
Tricky Terminology
168(2)
Acronym Alert
170(1)
Memory Requirements for Servers
171(20)
What Kind and How Much?
172(7)
Understanding the Memory Types
172(6)
Choosing the Right Technology
178(1)
Memory Interleaving
179(2)
Estimating the Amount of Memory Needed
181(3)
Operating System Requirements
181(1)
The Number of Users
182(1)
Server Application Memory Requirements
182(1)
Services and their Requirements
183(1)
Understanding the Paging File
184(2)
Chapter Summary
186(1)
Brain Drain
186(1)
The $64K Questions
186(3)
Tricky Terminology
189(1)
Acronym Alert
190(1)
Managing Server I/O
191(24)
Understanding the Expansion Bus
192(6)
Interrupt Request Channels
192(4)
Verifying Resource Availability
196(2)
The World of PCI
198(5)
PCI
198(3)
PCI-X
201(2)
PCI Express
203(1)
Other Expansion Options
203(4)
The Universal Serial Bus
203(2)
Firewire
205(2)
Intelligent Input/Output
207(1)
Network I/O
207(1)
Adapter Load Balancing
207(1)
Adapter Teaming
208(1)
Chapter Summary
208(1)
Brain Drain
209(1)
The $64K Questions
209(3)
Tricky Terminology
212(1)
Acronym Alert
213(2)
Understanding Hard Disk Drives
215(36)
How a Hard Disk is Constructed
216(3)
Disk Platters
217(1)
Read/Write Heads
217(1)
Actuator Arms and the Actuator Mechanism
218(1)
Hard Drive Performance and I/O Operations
219(2)
Rotational Speed
219(1)
Average Access Time
220(1)
Data Transfer Rate
221(1)
Hard Disk I/O Operations
221(3)
Initiating Hard Drive I/O
221(2)
I/O Operations per Second
223(1)
Hard Disk Interfacing
224(6)
IDE
224(3)
Serial ATA
227(3)
SCSI
230(1)
Hard Disk Preparation
230(9)
Installing a Hard Drive
230(2)
FDISK
232(5)
The Disk Management Utility
237(1)
Formatting Drives
238(1)
Hard Disk Maintenance
239(4)
ScanDisk
239(3)
Defrag
242(1)
Chapter Summary
243(1)
Brain Drain
243(1)
The $64K Questions
244(3)
Tricky Terminology
247(1)
Acronym Alert
248(3)
The Many Faces of SCSI
251(24)
How SCSI Works
252(5)
Using SCSI Expanders
254(3)
Techniques of Spanning Disks
257(1)
Volume Sets
257(1)
The Evolution of SCSI
258(7)
SCSI-III
259(6)
Installing SCSI Devices
265(2)
Host Adapters
265(1)
SCSI Connectors and Cables, Past and Present
266(1)
SCSI Devices
267(1)
Setting up the SCSI Chain
267(3)
Termination
267(2)
Device IDs
269(1)
Chapter Summary
270(1)
Brain Drain
270(1)
The $64K Questions
271(2)
Tricky Terminology
273(1)
Acronym Alert
273(2)
Hardware Fault Tolerance
275(26)
Working with RAID
276(1)
The RAID Levels
276(7)
The Single RAID Layers
276(7)
Hardware RAID
283(3)
Host Bus Adapters
284(1)
Zero Channel RAID
284(1)
MROMB and RAIDIOS
285(1)
Configuring RAID
286(3)
Macintosh RAID
286(1)
Linux RAID
286(2)
Configuring RAID in Windows
288(1)
Fault Tolerance
289(4)
Implementing Fault Tolerance
289(4)
Chapter Summary
293(1)
Brain Drain
294(1)
The $64K Questions
294(4)
Tricky Terminology
298(1)
Acronym Alert
299(2)
Data Backup and Recovery
301(28)
Disk Structure and Data Recovery
302(11)
Partitions
304(3)
The Master Boot Record
307(2)
Partition Tables
309(1)
File Allocation Tables
310(2)
Disk Editors versus Disk ``Doctors''
312(1)
Unformatting Utilities
313(1)
Initiating Disaster Recovery
313(2)
Holding off Disaster
314(1)
Planning a Good Backup Routine
315(3)
Backup Hardware
315(2)
Backup Software
317(1)
Backup and Recovery Strategies
318(6)
Determining a Backup Type
319(2)
Determining a Backup Rotation
321(1)
One-touch Disaster Recovery
321(2)
Internet Backup Storage Solutions
323(1)
Chapter Summary
324(1)
Brain Drain
325(1)
The $64K Questions
325(2)
Tricky Terminology
327(1)
Acronym Alert
328(1)
Installation and Upgrading
329(22)
Server Installations: Before You Touch ANYTHING. . .
330(6)
Planning the Hardware
330(2)
The Server Environment
332(4)
Replacing Components
336(9)
BIOS Upgrades
337(2)
Upgrading Processors
339(5)
Upgrading Memory
344(1)
Hard Disk Upgrades
344(1)
After the Upgrade is Over
345(1)
Chapter Summary
346(1)
Brain Drain
346(1)
The $64K Questions
346(4)
Tricky Terminology
350(1)
Acronym Alert
350(1)
Creating and Using a Server Baseline
351(20)
Concepts of the Baseline Report
352(10)
CPU Utilization
355(2)
Memory Utilization
357(2)
File Read/Write Operations
359(2)
Cache Buffer Utilization
361(1)
Network Interface Utilization
361(1)
Monitoring Data
362(3)
Creating the Baseline Log
363(2)
System Monitoring
365(1)
Chapter Summary
365(1)
Brain Drain
365(1)
The $64K Questions
366(3)
Tricky Terminology
369(1)
Acronym Alert
369(2)
Documentation and Scheduled Maintenance
371(18)
Basics of a Documentation Plan
372(5)
Hardware and Software Documentation
372(2)
Documenting Your Network
374(3)
Maintaining a Technical Library
377(1)
Preventative Maintenance
378(7)
NOS Maintenance
378(1)
Device Drivers
379(1)
System Monitoring Agents
380(1)
Hardware Maintenance
381(2)
Other Maintenance Routines
383(2)
Chapter Summary
385(1)
Brain Drain
385(1)
The $64K Questions
386(1)
Tricky Terminology
387(1)
Acronym Alert
387(2)
Basic Troubleshooting Procedures
389(32)
The CompTIA Troubleshooting Method
390(4)
Identify the Problem
391(1)
Recreate the Problem
391(1)
Isolate the Cause of the Problem
392(1)
Decide on a Possible Solution
392(1)
Test Your Idea
393(1)
Fix the Computer
393(1)
The Follow Up
393(1)
Troubleshooting Tools
394(7)
Hardware-based Troubleshooting Tools
394(4)
Software Troubleshooting Essentials
398(3)
Troubleshooting Roadmaps
401(17)
Boot Failure or Post-Boot Problems
401(2)
Troubleshooting RAM
403(1)
Troubleshooting Hard Drives
404(3)
Troubleshooting Motherboard Related Issues
407(2)
Diagnosing Processor-Related Failures
409(1)
Fixing Floppies
410(2)
Troubleshooting Graphics Adapters
412(1)
Troubleshooting Keyboards
413(1)
Troubleshooting Optical Drives
413(2)
Figuring out the I/O Ports
415(1)
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
416(2)
Chapter Summary
418(1)
Brain Drain
418(1)
The $64K Questions
418(2)
Tricky Terminology
420(1)
Acronym Alert
420(1)
APPENDIX A. Answers to Exercises
421(24)
Chapter 1
422(1)
Brain Drain
422(1)
The $64K Questions
422(1)
Chapter 2
423(1)
Brain Drain
423(1)
The $64K Questions
424(1)
Chapter 3
424(1)
Brain Drain
424(1)
The $64K Questions
425(1)
Chapter 4
425(2)
Brain Drain
425(1)
The $64K Questions
426(1)
Chapter 5
427(1)
Brain Drain
427(1)
The $64K Questions
427(1)
Chapter 6
428(2)
Brain Drain
428(1)
The $64K Questions
429(1)
Chapter 7
430(1)
Brain Drain
430(1)
The $64K Questions
430(1)
Chapter 8
431(2)
Brain Drain
431(1)
The $64K Questions
432(1)
Chapter 9
433(1)
Brain Drain
433(1)
The $64K Questions
433(1)
Chapter 10
434(2)
Brain Drain
434(1)
The $64K Questions
435(1)
Chapter 11
436(1)
Brain Drain
436(1)
The $64K Questions
436(1)
Chapter 12
437(1)
Brain Drain
437(1)
The $64K Questions
438(1)
Chapter 13
438(2)
Brain Drain
438(1)
The $64K Questions
439(1)
Chapter 14
440(1)
Brain Drain
440(1)
The $64K Questions
440(1)
Chapter 15
441(1)
Brain Drain
441(1)
The $64K Questions
442(1)
Chapter 16
442(3)
Brain Drain
442(1)
The $64K Questions
442(3)
APPENDIX B. Glossary of Tricky Terminology
445(12)
APPENDIX C. Glossary of Acronyms
457(8)
Index 465


Michael Graves is a certified hardware technician, network engineer and technical writer. He has taught computer hardware courses at Champlain College and The Essex Technical Center in Vermont. In addition, Michael Graves is certified in A+, Network +, Server+, INET+ and has been certified by Dell and Compaq to work on their different lines of servers.