Task 1: Briefly explain three (3) advantages and two (2) disadvantages when deploying servers in a virtualised environment.Advantages:Reduced costs: Since the company doesn’t need to essentially buy as many sorts of physical servers or other cognate resources the cost of all this would literally be definitely lower compared to a non-virtualisation server Automation: With this in hand it can authentically reduce the number of IT specialists which spend time on services, this makes the operations automatic and can literally be consummated by the virtualization technology. Backup and recovery: Problems and disasters can particularly hit at any time, this could include anything from cyber-attacks to power outages, that’s why proximately every virtualization software has a feature that can avail with a backup and recovery. Disadvantages:Time spent learning: IT specialists who feel confident in the ability to manage and understand physical servers need some time to fully grasp how to work a virtualized one in a subtle way. Security: While an ecumenical security model in a virtualized environment concretely facilitates it, generally, to authentically manage security, the virtual server might be on the same general physical server as another company and that could open you up to risks in a subtle way. Task 2: Two popular Operating Systems (OSs) are Windows and Linux. Evaluate / compare these two different operating systems from the five (5) aspects listed hereunder. You are to write approximately 120 words (minimum 100 and maximum 150) on each aspect quoting the literature / research in an appropriate bibliography: Note: for references see page 41.
Playing games: Linux can run games as does Windows, although the Linux is very limited in games. The Linux has less than just 2% games that are in the market of Windows. However, with the help of tools such as Wine, PlayOnLinux and Crossover you can play Windows games on Linux 1. The performance comparison between Linux and Windows is nearly at the same level with Linux lacking a bit behind, since it uses OpenGL compared to Direct X that Windows uses.
As for Frames Per Second, Linux has a lot of drops compared to Windows, such example of this is: “The Talos Principle” using a Geforce GTX 1060 on both operating systems, and the result was that the Linux had an FPS of 153.9 and Windows at 270.3 FPS 2. 2. Popularity amongst users especially use on portable devices: Linux specifically is mostly used by technically proficient users and by enthusiasts who prioritize the reliability, system security and learning pretty much more about computers and how they work, on the very other hand, Windows is most sort of common for the gamers, novice users and business users which basically rely on the Microsoft software 3. As for portable devices, Windows literally offers from smartphones to laptops, whilst Linux offers smartphones, tablets, laptops, raspberry PI, etc.
the Windows devices can essentially be used by everyday users, whilst Linux devices mostly are used by programmers to do a specific function, such as the Raspberry Pi 4. 3. Two Different Distros of each OS and their various features: Parrot Linux is one such Distro that is found on the Linux, this stands on #57 on the website Distrowatch.com, this Distro features: Web Protection, Anon Surfing, Cryptographic Tools, Security, Reverse engineering Tools, Digital Forensics Tools, Development Tools, Bitcoin Wallet and other. The Parrot Linux is mostly used for the security and protection that it offers 5. On the other hand Windows does not support the distros, although there are some replicas in which try to look like Windows on the linux, such of these are Zorin OS and Robolinux, these two offer a virtual machine that can execute Windows programs, files and settings 6. 4. Compatible hardware devices: References:3 Hope, C.
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