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Mapping out NOS directions
Internet integration, enterprise deployment at heart of next
generation
By Kristina B. Sullivan for PC Week Labs
Next-generation network operating systems will aim to provide a more
robust platform for integrating Internet processes with the
enterprise.
Microsoft Corp., IBM and Novell Inc. are targeting enterprise networks
by enhancing Internet support and adding attributes found in mainframe
systems with upcoming releases of Windows NT, OS/2 Warp and NetWare,
respectively.
"Research tells us that 625 new terabytes of data are added to the
Internet [each] month," said Jim Greene, manager of product marketing
for Novell, in Provo, Utah. "Everyone is moving toward connecting to
the Internet, and there is a huge data store out there. The No. 1
issue is management and control of that, linked with security and
reliability."
Novell is expected to release the third beta of NetWare 5.0 at its
BrainShare conference to be held March 22-27 in Salt Lake City, with
commercial shipment to follow by midyear. NetWare 5.0 will link IP and
IPX network segments and include a compatibility utility for running
IPX applications after migrating to IP.
"The big upgrade change is on a protocol level between NetWare 4.0 and
NetWare 5.0," Greene said. "We've engineered it so that if IPX is the
protocol of choice and IP is secondary, there is no migration that
needs to occur."
Other Internet-related features in NetWare 5.0 will include the
ability to dynamically allocate IP addresses and update domain name
servers from within NDS, optional Java installation and Netscape
Communications Corp's FastTrack Web server.
Novell is also planning to develop tools for handling the vast amount
of data on the Internet. "Bandwidth is a big concern. Everyone on the
Internet complains about the worldwide wait," Greene said. "What we
want to do is provide the capability for a new breed of applications
that are Java-centered. NetWare is the best file system out there, and
[file transfers are] the No. 1 thing being done on the Internet and
Web today."
Novell is also releasing new utilities, such as ZENworks (Zero Effort
Networks for users), a desktop management tool that makes use of the
user profile in NDS to maintain a user's preferences such as menu
choices and desktop configuration, no matter which machine the user
logs in on. When it ships in the second quarter, ZENworks will allow
policy-based software distribution and facilitate remote desktop
management and maintenance.
Coming attractions in OS/2
IBM's plans for OS/2 Warp include a new version of the operating
system in the first quarter of next year. The platform will add a
journaling file system that logs file-system transactions, said Jeff
Smith, director of OS/2 business line management for IBM, in Austin,
Texas. "If there is a system failure, rather than recheck dozens of
gigabytes of data, you replay the log and it puts the system in its
correct state in minutes," Smith said. The technology for this
originated with IBM's AIX platform and is a key reliability feature
for large server installations, he said.
The new version of OS/2 Warp will also allow a file system to span
multiple physical disks. "We are removing the tie between the physical
disk and the notion of a file system, which is a logical thing, to let
you have a logical file system on physical disks any way you want,"
Smith said.
The next generation of OS/2 Warp will also include a common look and
feel for Warp Server and the Warp 4.0 Client modules, as well as the
ability to manage NT servers in a Warp Server domain.
More immediate enhancements to OS/2 Warp will include a performance
update in Version 1.1.6, due by midyear, to its Java for OS/2 Warp
module. "Our main requirement is to keep up with the industry on
performance," Smith said. Early in the fourth quarter, Java for OS/2
Warp 1.2 will gain a Netscape Communicator Corp. browser.
IBM's network operating system development plans also include
enhancements to its WorkSpace On-Demand module that allows thin
clients and network PCs to boot off of OS/2 Warp Server. "Today, we
boot using [Remote Program Load] and NetBIOS protocols," Smith said.
"We are adding BOOTP and IP-based protocols early in the fourth
quarter this year." WorkSpace On-Demand will also expand its
capabilities beyond OS/2 by adding support for DOS, Windows 3.1 and
Windows 95 clients as well as additional server platforms.
Windows NT 5.0, which entered beta testing last September, is slipping
towards a 1999 release date (see story). One key addition is Active
Directory, a new directory service that stores data about all objects
in a network. Administrative tasks such as adding new users, finding
resources and managing peripherals will be centralized with Active
Directory.
"NT 5.0 is another key milestone for us," said Tanya van Dam, group
product manager for Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash. "What we are looking
to do is enable you to have a directory based on industry standards
that not only integrates your user account and management of the
network operating system, but goes a step further to integrate with
third-party applications."
Active Directory will also enable a single-user log-on for all network
resources and provide integration with other network operating
systems, van Dam said. "People have been asking for centralized
management for a long time. We will definitely deliver on that with NT
5.0. You will be able to get synchronization between NDS and Active
Directory," she said.
NT 5.0 will also take aim at data storage by featuring disk quotas and
hierarchical storage management.
Contributing Editor Kristina Sullivan can be reached at
kristina_sullivan@zd.com.
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