NetWare to NT Complete:Integration and Migration

Wayne McKinnon and Arnold Villeneuve

Chapter 1

Netware and Windows NT Platforms

Introduction

This chapter introduces the two operating systems, Netware and Windows NT. It will help you understand how the operating systems differ, and understand their strengths and weaknesses. This Chapter provides a comparison of the management used by Netware and Windows NT Server and what influence the differing approaches may have on your overall operating system choice. This chapter also identifies issues important to consider for migrating to a single Network Operating System or for organizations choosing a Network operating system for the first time. Finally, you will also gain a historical perspective of how the two operating systems evolved and learn about some of the market forces that have given each operating system its place in the market.

Chapter Objectives:

o Identifying the differences between NetWare and Windows NT

o The history of NetWare and Windows NT

o The NOS market share

o NOS processing methodologies

o Windows NT multiprocessing

o NetWare multiprocessing

o NT system fault tolerance

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