Unix and Windows 2000

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This paper provides an insight into Unix and Windows 2000, both operating systems that allow distributed data processing. Distributed processing is quite different from the multiprocessor systems in that in a distributed process management system the computers have their own memory and are relatively autonomous. It examines how the Unix Operating System has Satellite processors, Newcastle Distributed System and the Transparent Distributed system models for implementing distributed processing services while Windows 2000 is managed by the Windows Registry and the Active directory tools.

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"In Windows 2000 the Active Directory service constitutes the main core of the network objects management. It uses the Domain Name System standard for naming the domains in the hierarchical structure. The Active Directory is the central network resource management tool. This is different from Windows NT where the SAM assumed more importance. The Active Directory has all the information regarding the network objects. In windows 2000 any object like a network site or a workstation, printers, groups and any other resources that are to be shared is a network object. The Active directory database maintains all the entries pertaining to the various network objects classified into separate domains to restrict their access privileges to the respective domains. The Active directory ensures the efficient distribution of system resources while at the same time it provides the necessary security against unauthorized access of network resources."

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