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breakthrough performance, reliability and energy efficiency
at the same low cost as earlier versions. The hardware is
remarkably enhanced by Intel’s newest breakthrough in
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microarchitecture, 45-nm fabrication technology,
which improves performance through increased transistor
density and expands power management capabilities for
new levels of energy efficiency. The new processor family
also includes tools for speeding up the performance of
media and cutting-edge computing applications.
Organizations must be able to deploy and manage their
applications rapidly if they expect to effectively serve timely,
high-density Web-based content. Windows Server 2008
offers a complete Web stack that can quickly address the
entire Web workload on hosted servers — from Internet to
intranet to extranet Web applications. In addition, Internet
Information Services (IIS) 7.0 provides Web administrators
and developers with an unprecedented degree of control over
the Web server through a powerful, modular Web platform.
Modular architecture enables the IT professional to customize
exactly which features are installed and running on the Web
server, and who specifically can control them. IIS 7.0 now
comprises more than 40 feature modules. With IIS 7.0, less
than half of the installation options are installed by default,
and most can be independently installed. This dramatically
reduces the potential attack surface and lowers the footprint
requirements of the server. An extension of this modular
approach is the addition of Windows Web Server 2008.
Inexpensive and streamlined, Windows Web Server 2008
is perfect for hosting even the heaviest Web workloads.
Further improving reliability and security are the improved
diagnostics and error tracing of the Application Pool Isolation
feature in IIS 7.0. Application Pool Isolation automatically
isolates up to 4,000 new sites in their own pools by default.
This provides sandboxed configuration and identity and
prevents sites and applications from interfering with one
another. Thorough diagnostic information is provided through
in-depth runtime-state data, and error messages are more
detailed where failed request are automatically traced for
more rapid troubleshooting. By helping administrators quickly
triage issues, IIS 7.0 eliminates hours of potential downtime.
The simplified, task-based management interface in IIS
7.0 streamlines common administration tasks, such as
copying Web site settings across multiple Web servers
without additional configuration by using the Distributed
Configuration Model and Xcopy Deployment. New task-
oriented user interface and command-line tools are
helpful for managing and administering Web servers,
Web sites, and Web applications. These features provide
a comprehensive managed-code application programming
interface so that developers can manipulate XML config-
uration files and conveniently access server objects. These
rich administration capabilities make deploying and managing
compelling Web applications on IIS 7.0 more straight-
forward and efficient than on any other Web server.
Modular architecture enables the
IT professional to customize exactly
which features are installed and
running on the Web server.