Microsoft plans to spend 64 bits long horns 3 big functions to replace Unix optimization
Microsoft's Longhorn edition 64 a server operating system will be made according to high-end business applications is optimized, so that the Longhorn alternative powerful Unix operating system.
According to reports TechWeb, Microsoft Windows server department senior vice President Bob Muglia in June this year the TechEd 2005 meeting held on the first announced AnTeng-Longhorn server for the special work load the possibility. On September 1, Muglia server department published a paper on the Internet, the post said AnTeng-Longhorn server after setting can maximize the operation procedure, operation business applications database software and operation custom enterprise applications.
Microsoft Office 2007 professional on September 1 published a statement, Longhorn server will be according to the above three work is optimized, so that easier to manage those applications. The announcement said, according to the three workload optimization composite Windows server test stage of early user feedback. The Windows server test software is Longhorn first beta.
A special study of the Microsoft research institutions Directions on Microsoft's analyst Michael Cherry says, AnTeng is Intel's a 64-bit hardware mechanism, will run 64 a Longhorn server operating system, and will be most server workload from 32 bit transition to 64 a platform. In 64 a large database of the system hardware and software platform of operation efficiency is higher, because the 64 a system can use more than 32 bit system of virtual memory space.
The Microsoft announcement to say, AnTeng-Longhorn server will not used for low workload, such as file and print server, fax server, Windows SharePoint or Windows media services. These tasks in AnTeng-Longhorn will not run server. These functions were turned off, so that the operating system focus resources key operation enterprise applications.
IDC analyst Matt Eastwood in written statement, Longhorn server operating system running the AnTeng server will be unified database of good host, or to be quick increase of the computing power of the main engine of the database of the good.
Longhorn is Microsoft the next version of the Windows operating system. Client version of Longhorn now known as Windows Vista, server version is still known as Longhorn.