Windows Server 2003:
Windows Server 2003 contains core technologies that build on the strengths of Windows 2000 Server to deliver a superior and cost-effective server operating system. Windows Server 2003 includes all the functionality customers need today from a Windows server operating system to do more with less, such as security, reliability, availability, and scalability.
Microsoft has improved security and performance within Windows Server 2003. These improvements are valuable to organizations and Administrators trying to alleviate the problem of performance bottlenecks within the application set.
The introduction of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 has also provided a host of new security for Windows Server 2003, features and unexpected performance enhancements.
However, by utilizing the AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, it is possible to fine-tune the operation of the application set supported by the server and deliver significant performance gains that not only provide faster and more responsive systems but also provide the basis for server consolidation. These benefits are derived through:
- Enhancing workload management of Windows Server 2003
- Streamlining system processes, and
- Controlling and securing the corporate application set
AppSense's additional security and performance improvements for Windows Server 2003 are an excellent way of encouraging existing Microsoft customers to migrate their systems to Windows Server 2003.
Additionally, improved application and server performance benchmarks can help Microsoft battle customer migration to Linux and Unix-based systems.
The AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 enables systems to deliver increased capacity and performance, while improving overall system security. This enables organizations using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to:
- Proactively manage the processor, memory and network bandwidth utilization of the applications running on a system to ensure that user response times are not adversely affected and stability is not compromised.
- Optimize the applications installed on the server, reducing virtual memory usage and disk paging, which provides increased system capacity and greater performance.
- Streamline previously complex and labour intensive system administration tasks and concentrate resources on more critical projects.
- Eliminate all unauthorized applications and scripts, ensuring systems remain secure and valuable resources are not needlessly consumed.
The AppSense Management Suite for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 comprises three distinct product components that present these key deliverables for system optimization:
AppSense Performance Manager
AppSense Performance Manager provides comprehensive workload management and optimization by controlling the most demanding desktop and server systems and ensures hardware resources are maximized without compromising overall Quality of Service. By defining user and application rules, a system's critical resources, such as processor, memory and network bandwidth, can be allocated fairly and prioritized appropriately.
AppSense Environment Manager
AppSense Environment Manager simplifies the configuration, lockdown and maintenance of system and user environments. By defining computer and user actions, administrators are able to deliver tailored server and desktop environments no matter where the user logs on from. These policies are enforced using the AppSense self-healing mechanism, which prevents users from making critical changes to server or desktop settings.
AppSense Application Manager
AppSense Application Manager is an integral tool in maintaining system security and reliability. By eliminating system degradation from unwanted programs, removing the threat of attack from viruses and Trojans, and effectively managing the delivery of production applications, AppSense Application Manager is guaranteed to increase ROI and reduce administrative costs and management overheads
How does AppSense Management Suite help improve the performance of Microsoft Windows Server 2003?
Dynamically manage system performance, availability and capacity
By defining user and application based rules, each system's critical resources, such as processor, memory and network bandwidth, can be reserved, shared and limited appropriately.
Eliminating the common performance issues that occur when delivering complex mixes of Windows Applications on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, AppSense ensures that multi-tasking users experience consistent and improved response times across the entire application set, improving upon the existing resource control offered by Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM).
AppSense's workload management solutions can target all types of servers - application, database, web and virtual - delivering increased workloads on each server through intelligent management of a server's critical resources.
These performance gains give the enterprise a number of benefits such as a solid base for server consolidation, the opportunity to substantially reduce hardware, software and running costs and the peace of mind knowing that the highest quality of service is being delivered across the entire enterprise - all day, every day.
