Review of Nano Server: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Technical Details

Running head: REVIEW ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS
REVIEW ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Background information/history of development.................................................................................2
Technical details and features...............................................................................................................2
Target platform......................................................................................................................................3
Advantages and Disadvantages.............................................................................................................3
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................4
References:............................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The nano server in the windows is a new and improved server by windows. It provides user
the option through which it is possible to install the windows server with the windows footprint that
is possibly the lowest. The footprint is even smaller if compared to the server core. This is made
possible through a smart technique that is controlled very efficiently [1]. In order to achieve this, the
operating system is refactored very significantly so that the server is possible to install with such a
smaller footprint, even less than the server core. It is basically, in simple word, a light operating
system which is based on the windows server 20116.
Background information/history of development
The operating system, when needs to be used as the layer that requisite to consider the
instance for virtualized container , the operating system must be light , yet efficient. Now there was
lack of such OS for this kind of specific use. So there was a need to develop OS that address these
requirements. So the nano server was developed and provided as a separate installation options for
the windows server. The development of the server was inspired by the requirement to find an
effective alternative to the lightweight operating system developed by LINUX, such as Atomic Host
and Ubuntu Core. The Beta versions of the OS was released in the year 2014. In the next year on
2015 a fourth technical preview was made available and this version contained major improvement.
An extensive modifications was done with the release in 2016 where some features in the previous
version were removed [2].
Technical details and features
Technical details:
The development of nano server makes the OS focus on two very specific options that is key
to the server execution:
1. Born-in-the-cloud applications
2. Cloud platform - Hyper-V and Scale-out File Servers
The nano server needs to be selected while installing the windows OS. There are two other
installation option too. One is the server core and the other option is the server with a GUI. While
installing the nano server, the entire stack of the GUI, along with other associated components
needs to be removed. There is no option of managing the server with the remote desktop. Even so