Defining Server Roles
Depending on the size of an organization, a server might be designated for one or more system roles. Planning the roles deployment is an important and complex exercise that must take into account available hardware, role compatibility, anticipated workloads, a variety of best practice guidelines, and security concerns. One tool that help provide flexibility and scalability in the design process is Hyper-V. The virtualization platform that is now a part of both Windows 8 client and Windows server 2012 provides an opportunity for organizations of every size to provision multiple guests on a small number of physical hosts.
Because any service that is enabled increases the overall risk, it is important to fully define which ...
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