CIS 253 Server OS

This course covers modern server technology, advanced distributed systems theoretical, and technical aspects and their core elements. In this course, students learn how to install, configure, optimize, and troubleshoot current and emerging Windows server operating systems, managing, monitoring, and optimizing server system performance, reliability, and availability. Topics include resource administration, hardware devices and drives, system performance and reliability, network protocols and services, performance analysis of multi-server systems, resource management, and data sharing in grid systems. Modern client server systems such as large cluster based systems, scalable web-server systems, audio/video streaming servers, and VOD severs, optimal server placement, and efficient server selection in large networks are discussed. Prerequisite: CIS144.

Credits

4.5

Prerequisite

CIS144 D O CIS144 TC O CIS144 CR