SCO OpenServer: The Windows Network Solution [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Charlie Russel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0134594215 | ISBN-13: 978-0134594217 | Edition: 1

Shows why SCO OpenServer is the ideal server in multivendor environments that include Windows 95 clients, and exactly how to use SCO Open Server in these environments. Walks step-by-step through a sample SCO OpenServer installation and configuration, sharing the author's hard-won experience. Reviews SCO OpenServer's easy-to-use graphical administration and maintenance tools -- and shows how to automate much of your system maintenance. Presents several case studies to demonstrate how organizations can accomplish more when they combine Windows 95 with SCO OpenServer. For any system administrator or IS professional in a mixed environment that incorporates Windows 95 clients.

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From the Publisher

This is a comprehensive guide to networking Windows 95 systems with SCO servers.

From the Back Cover

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SCO OpenServer: The perfect server for your Windows clients!

What's the best server for Windows clients in heterogeneous environments? SCO OpenServer Release 5. In this book, Windows and UNIX experts present a clear, friendly guide to evaluating server platforms, and show exactly why SCO OpenServer is superior to alternatives like Windows NT. Then they show you exactly how to use SCO OpenServer to build client/server environments that incorporate Windows 95 clients.

You'll walk step-by-step through a sample SCO OpenServer installation and configuration, sharing the authors' hard-won experience. You'll take a close look at SCO OpenServer's easy-to-use graphical administration and maintenance tools—and learn how to automate much of your system maintenance. SCO OpenServer: The Windows Network Solution presents everything you need to know to integrate SCO OpenServer with both Windows 95 and Windows NT, including:

• Security and performance optimization techniques.
• Troubleshooting tips.
• Configuration management.
• Strategies for growth.

Finally, the authors present case studies to demonstrate how organizations can accomplish more when they combine Windows with SCO OpenServer. No matter what your background—Windows, NetWare, or UNIX—this book will help you evaluate and implement your optimal client/server solution.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 23, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134594215
• ISBN-13: 978-0134594217
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,756,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent starting point for a small network, April 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: SCO OpenServer: The Windows Network Solution (Paperback)

This book helps you to establish a small network with a SCO Unix server and a Win95 client. If you, like me, are coming from the windows side and want to learn something about Unix then a unix-windows network is a comfortable solution. With this book you receive an easy applied receipt about how to install such a configuration. I started with absolutly no knowledge about TCP/IP and networks and so this book helped me to save a lot of time.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent pre-installation book but lacks some comparisons, March 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: SCO OpenServer: The Windows Network Solution (Paperback)

The book was exceptionally valuable to me since it was written by two individuals experienced in the installation of SCO Unix. They spared me hours of time fumbling through an uneducated installation. Further suggestions on how to configure the installed system and get it properly networked with Windows 95 were very helpful too. The book's negatives are as follows. The title of the book suggests that SCO Openserver is THE "solution". Much of the text was written in a format suggesting that impartial analysis resulted in a determin- ation that SCO Unix was the ideal "network server" and Windows 95 was the ideal "network client". The statements may be factual, but I would have appreciated a greater look into why SCO was superior over other similar operating systems like Sun Microsystem's "Solaris" and Novell's Netware 4.x, (both of which also run on the PC). In fact, only Windows NT and Windows 95 were compared with SCO as contenders for the network operating system. What are SCO's strengths relative to their peers? In summary, it was a good purchase for me. The book is highly informative, easy to read, graphical, and humble. It is ideal for the administrator that has already chosen SCO for their network. However, others looking for a point-by-point comparison of SCO, Solaris, and Netware, you will be somewhat disappointed.