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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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Filesystem

Any computer, stand alone or network-attached, organizes the data it stores on secondary storage using a filesystem. A filesystem isn't just a pattern for storing data files. It also includes the processes, methods, and structures used to name, store, locate, and retrieve data. Although, it is also used by some to refer to a disk partition.

Operating systems and filesystems

Network servers can and do use a wide assortment of filesystems, some proprietary to an operating system and some standard or more generic. For example, as shown in the following table, several Linux versions from different providers all used the Extended File System version 3 (ext3) and later ext4. Windows systems relied on the New Technology...