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Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition differs from Windows Server 2003
R2 Standard Edition primarily in its support for high-performance servers and
its ability to cluster servers for greater load handling. These capabilities
provide reliability that helps ensure systems remain available even if problems
arise.
At a high level, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition provides support
for:
- Eight-way symmetric multiprocessing (SMP). To increase
server performance and capacity, you can add processors, an approach
to increasing your network capacity known as scaling up. The enhanced
support for SMP allows you to add processors that work together—that
is, multiprocessor servers. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
supports up to eight processors in a single system or partition.
- Eight-node clustering. Server clusters of up to
eight nodes are available only in Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise
Edition and Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition.
- Up to 64 gigabytes (GB) of RAM. By adding memory,
a computer can work with more information at once. Windows Server 2003
R2 Enterprise Edition includes enhanced memory capabilities that let
you increase the memory available for server processing to as much
as 64 GB of RAM.
Built for Dependability
Run Your Business on the Most Solid Server Operating System Microsoft
Has Ever Released
Today's businesses expect technology to be a consistent enabler of business
value. They want systems that are always up and always responsive, and
they demand a level of security able to meet today's challenges.
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition includes new features and
improvements that render it the most dependable, enterprise-ready server
operating system Microsoft has ever created. Key technologies introduced
in Windows 2000 Server have been enhanced, including network load balancing,
server clusters, and the Active Directory service. Active Directory is
now faster and more robust over unreliable wide area network (WAN) connections,
thanks to more efficient synchronization and replication as well as credential
caching in branch office domain controllers.
In addition, Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition introduces new
technologies, such as a common language runtime that safeguards networks
from malicious or poorly designed code. Moreover, the operating system
reflects the Microsoft commitment to trustworthy computing, with leaps
forward in security functionality, including improved security for Internet
Information Services (IIS), public key infrastructure (PKI), and Kerberos,
as well as new support for smart cards and biometrics.
Built for Productivity
Improve IT Effectiveness and Employee Communication and Collaboration
Across Your Business
Organizations look to computing technology to improve productivity across
their businesses, from information workers who want powerful tools that
are easier to use, to administrators who want services that are quicker
to deploy and easier and more flexible to manage.
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition and other members of the Windows
Server 2003 family share many features that help make your organization
and employees more productive. The Windows Server 2003 family enables
greater productivity for both IT administrators and users through its
enhanced capabilities in system management and storage. Microsoft has
made great strides in evolving manageability. The new task-based design
in the Windows Server 2003 family makes it easier to find and carry out
common tasks. Improvements to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
and Active Directory improve performance and make management easier.
The Windows Server 2003 family contains several important new automated
management tools including Windows
Server Update Services (WSUS) and server configuration wizards to
help automate deployment. Managing Group Policy is made easier with the
new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), enabling more organizations
to better use Active Directory and take advantage of its powerful cost-saving
features. In addition, command-line tools let administrators perform
most tasks from the command console.
Other new management and administration features in the Windows Server
2003 family include domain renaming, cross-domain and cross-forest management,
and Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) settings. Enhanced Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) providers and command-line tools give administrators
greater granular control of server tasks.
Windows Server 2003 also makes storage and backup easier while significantly
reducing the demands on system administrators. New and improved file
services include the Volume Copy Shadow Service, which provides point-in-time
backups of networked shares. This unique technology extends to users,
who can now retrieve old copies of files or deleted files. In addition,
file and print services have been improved with the addition of the Web-based
Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) remote document sharing
technology. Enhancements to the Distributed File System (DFS) and Encrypting
File System (EFS) allow for powerful, flexible file sharing and storage.
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