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Topic: Week 2 Css 561

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	Engineering
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Huffman Trucking
Operating System Survey
Writer 493 Huffman Trucking
Huffman trucking is a freight company operating in four states . Each
site , office and plant , has a distinct mix of operating systems on a
variety of platforms including PCs , terminals , mainframes , and telephony
controllers . The following is a brief examination of what was found at
each site .
Site Survey
California
The California office is running several classes of machines , four PCs
and a server . The PCs are using Windows 95 , Windows 95 SR2 , Windows 98 ,
and Windows 3 .1 . The office server supports IIS 4 .0 and so is probably
running Windows NT Server 4 .0 (Sheresh , Sheresh , and Cowart , 1999 .
The California plant is also using several classes of machines , five
servers , 40 PCs , and 7 Macs . The servers are running Windows 2000 , and
possibly Windows NT server (MS Exchange 5 .0 came out in 1997 (Redmond ,
1997 ) and Proxy server 2 .0 dates to the same era , The PC workstations
are all running Windows XP PRO , and the Mac workstations are running MAC
OSX .
Missouri
The Missouri office has a large group of PCs running XP professional ,
one group of PCs using Windows 2000 Professional , A Novell NOS server ,
a Lotus Notes Server (probably NT4 Server , an Apache Server (Linux or
Windows , several Windows 2000 servers , and some Macs running OSX .
The Missouri plant is based on a single Mainframe server so a multi-user
OS such as IBM 's OS /390 is probably being used .
New Jersey
The New Jersey office is utilizing several PCs running Windows 3 .1 ,
Windows 95 , Win 95 SR2 , and Win98 . The office server is running
probably running Windows NT Server 4 .0 based on its IIS version (Sheresh
1999 .
The New Jersey Plant is not running any operating systems onsite . All
computer work is accomplished via dumb terminals connected to a remote
mainframe .
Ohio
The Ohio office is setup identically to the Missouri office , Windows XP
Pro , Windows 2000 , NT4 , Linux , and OSX .
The Ohio Plant is also identical to the Missouri site configuration .
Dumb terminals connected to a single mainframe , probably running an OS
similar to IBM 's OS /390 .
Operating System Overview
Win 3 .1 , Win95 , Win95 SR2 , and Win98 are all legacy operating systems .
They provide a graphical operating environment that runs on top of the
DOS operating system . Win 3 .1 lacks some networking features taken for
granted in modern operating systems . All of these operating systems
are intended for the desktop .
Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional are `modern '
desktop operating systems able to take advantage of current network and
security features needed in today 's enterprise .
Mac OS X is another modern desktop operating system . It is often used
in graphic design workstations rather than normal office productivity
applications though office applications are available for this
platform .
Windows NT4 Server , and Windows 2000 Server are server class network
operating systems . They can control network resources and provide
application and file services . Windows NT4 is a legacy...

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