Windows vs. Unix/Linux University of Phoenix POS/420 Introduction to Unix October 20‚ 2008 Scott Stewart MS Windows vs. Unix/Linux The Microsoft and Linux operating systems have been long considered to be in a competition to be the best operating systems on the market. This paper will compare and contrast these operating systems to help the consumer decide which is right for his or her environment. Such subjects as; cost‚ market share‚ hardware requirements‚ file processing‚ programming
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Introduction There are distinct non-sequential file structure models in the computer system‚ generally‚ the file structure can be subdivided into two major types which are the random (hashed) file and the index file. This will compare the both types of file structure models and its advantages and disadvantages. The random (hashed) file It is quite useful of this type structuring system while the files are non-sequential that can be depicted as data storage spaces and which are subdivided into the compartments
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Data Integrity Proofs In Cloud Storage ABSTRACT: Cloud computing has been envisioned as the de-facto solution to the rising storage costs of IT Enterprises. With the high costs of data storage devices as well as the rapid rate at which data is being generated it proves costly for enterprises or individual users to frequently update their hardware. Apart from reduction in storage costs data outsourcing to the cloud also helps in reducing the maintenance. Cloud storage moves the user’s data to large
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SAN is called Storage Area Network also called Server area Network. A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. Typically‚ a storage area network is part of the overall network of computing resources for an enterprise. A storage area network is usually clustered in close proximity to other computing resources but may also extend
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2. What is an installer? An installer is an application that installs a software or an operating system to a machine. 3. Would you set up a GUI on a server system? Why or why not? I would not set up a GUI on a server system. A GUI is good for a desktop system. Even though a GUI is user friendly‚ I would use a textual interface because it allows the system to dedicate more resources to carrying out the job it is set up to do. Also not running a GUI can improve system security. 5. What is free
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the following files are in the working directory:$ 1sintro notesb ref2 sectionl section3 section4bnotesa refl ref3 section2 section4a sentrev. Give commands for each of the following‚ using wildcards to express filenames with as few characters as possible. a. List all files that begin with section. $ ls section* b. List the section1‚ section2‚ and section3 files only. $ ls section[1-3] c. List the intro file only. $ ls i* d. List the section1‚ section3‚ ref1‚ and ref3 files. $ ls *[13]
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UNIX File Access In order to understand how to control access to a file in a system that supports 5‚000 users to 4‚990 of those users‚ a basic understanding of the file permissions of a file on a UNIX system is necessary. A user has the ability to perform three basic actions to a file‚ read‚ write and execute. These three actions will be represented by r‚ w‚ and x respectively. A UNIX system uses a combination of these characters to control the file permissions. The first three characters represent
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Final Exam Study Guide Linux 1. Where does Linux temporarily stores programs and data when it does not have enough RAM to hold all the information it is processing? Swap partition 2. Can Linux run on a 32 bit system? What are some of the system platforms that linux can run on? Yes‚ i386/i686 x86_64‚ Mac 3. What is the minimum partition requirements for /root‚ tmp‚ and swap? Root 1GB‚ tmp 500MB‚ swap 2-8 GB 4. What do use if you want to display a text file one screen at a time? Use pagers; less utility
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Network attached storage is a computer data storage connected to a computer network providing access to a group of clients. This allows you to share files among multiple computers. Some of the benefits to this is that is has faster data access‚ easier administration‚ and a simpler configuration. NAS contains one or more hard drives often arranged in redundant storage containers or RAID. A typical speed of the network adapter is 1 GB depending on the NAS and if you are building one. A standard
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SQL Server 2000 [pic] Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a set of components that work together to meet the data storage and analysis needs of the largest Web sites and enterprise data processing systems. Features of SQL Server 2000 Internet Integration: The SQL Server 2000 database engine includes integrated XML support. It also has the scalability‚ availability‚ and security features required to operate as the data storage component of the largest Web sites. The SQL Server 2000 programming model
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