Windows Server 2008: What's New / What's Changed Part #6 of 12: Chapter 5 - Server Core
This snippet from Chapter 5 of my new book Windows Server 2008: What's New / What's Changed is brought to you by SAPIEN Press. Get your copy at http://www.sapienpress.com/Windows_Server_08.asp.
Installing Server Core
For the Windows administrator who's never seen Server Core, one great thing about it is the installation. It's more or less exactly the same as an installation of Server 2008's full version. As you'll see at the O/S installation screen the only difference is that one installs the Core version of the correct operating system edition. It's worth mentioning again that Microsoft considers Server Core an operating system "Role" within each edition rather than an edition all to itself. So if you purchase a license for Enterprise Edition, you can install it as either the full version or the Core version.
More after the fold...
Once you've chosen your edition, accept the license agreement and choose the drive to install. The installation will complete just like the installation for a full version of the operating system. The first thing you'll notice is how fast the installation completes. With Server Core we're installing quite a bit less to the drive than with the full version. Depending on the build, Server Core consumes upwards of three times less drive space than its full version counterpart. The time delay between starting the server and gaining access to administrate it also decreases since there are fewer services and auto-start processes to launch at boot time.
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