HirenBhakta

Windows Server 2008 VS. Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow leopard This is a comparison of both the Windows Server 2008 and Mac OS X Server. I'm going to do Pros and Cons of both Operating Systems and compare them in real world environment such as: Small Business of 50 Users. This Article will involve everything from user computer to server hardware. To understand the full information both Server OS's I will include prices for everything that this Small Business will need in their Office.

Cost of the Software & Hardware

When I went to research on the prices for Server hardware and the Server OS, I found that Dell had good options for the both. So, i build these packages from Dell for the server hardware with Windows Server 2008 EE. The thing was for Dell is that it start from small price, then i start adding up same spec as the competitor and price was more then the other. However, Apple hardware seems expensive at first, but in reality it same or in some case less then the windows servers. Apple has it's Xserve and it comes with Mac OS X Server and thats unlimited license.

Windows Server Infrastructure

• Windows Server With Hardware
  • (2) Dell PowerEdge R810 Servers (customized) - $14,400 ($7,200/e)
  • Windows Server 2008 EE (included in Hardware + 20 CAL's)
  • (30) User CAL's - $1,200
  • (50) Dell OptiPlex 380MT Desktops (customized) - $55,000 ($1,100/e)
• Total Cost of the Infrastructure is $70,600

Macintosh Server Infrastructure

• Apple Xserve With Mac OS X Server
  • (2) Xserve (customized) - $6,400 (3,200/e)
  • Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard (included with Xserve)
  • Unlimited license
  • (50) iMac's (customized) - $60,000 ($1,200/e)
• Total Cost of the Infrastructure is $66,400

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Overview

Features

These are just few new and enhanced features of Windows Server.

• Server Core- CLI Server
• Active Directory Roles
• Failover Clustering
• Windows PowerShell
• Self-healing NTFS
• Hyper-V
• Server Manager