Build Your Own Server

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia February 10, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072227281
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072227284
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Book Description
The ultimate guide to building your dream system--without spending a lot of money! This step-by-step guide features more than 200 photographs illustrating how to install and configure hardware components and set up a Workgroup, Domain (Active Directory) and VPN network, using Windows 2000/ .NET Server.

Book Info
Designed to break through the clutter and teach a specific, marketable, useful skill. Shows average business owners how to build their own server, and save time and money along the way. Softcover.

Reader Reviews
This book really worked for me. To give you some background, I'm a former web developer (now in business school) who needed a server for both a start-up business of mine and some home stuff that a laptop wouldn't be suitable for. I had never built a box before, but Tony laid out the steps and crucial tips very well. This isn't a "Building a Server for Dummies" exactly, as Tony assumes that you have at least an average to above-average level of computer proficiency (which is a good assumption, otherwise you probably would have no reason to want to build a server). I will agree with another reviewer who claims the book is very Microsoft-centric, and doesn't address the huge costs of Win 2003 server licenses. However, in my opinion, the first few chapters about hardware alone are worth the price of the book, and the topics addressed in the software chapters can easily apply to a Linux installation as well. Comment | | (Report this)