Why aren't you using Windows Server 2012 as OS, /g/?
>server tier performance
>supports up to 4 TB of internal memory
>up to 64 10-core processors = 640 cores
>no bloatware
>desktop is default interface
>boots way faster than any other windows
Because Windows is a terrible operating system, let alone server operating system.
wow thats a lot of ram how much ram do you have op?
>>46618079
muh unix
vms is where's it's at motherfucker
>>46618087
4GB
Why use windows over linux with much greater flexibility?
>>46618075
Can you install more user-centric modules on WS to make it more like Windows 8 (make it a gaymin machine)
>>46618075
>same shit as 8.1
>up to
>>>>>>>>>>>up to
>same as 8.1
>can do that in 8.1 with literally 5 clicks
>what is fastboot
>>46618075
>no bloatware
Get-WindowsFeature *GUI* | Add-WindowsFeature will give you the same UI experience that is in Windows 8/8.1. This is not a bloated experience.
>desktop is default interface
No, it's not. Powershell is default interface
>boots way faster than any other windows
Not really.
Reasons not to use Server as a desktop?
1 - No bluetooth support
2 - Wireless support out of the box is turned off
3 - System is optimized for background tasks, so your chinese cartoons may stutter until this is changed (and it's really easy to do)
4 - Licensing (if you actually care about that stuff)
>>46618075
>up to 4 TB of internal memory
Muh Linux can do 128TiB or something, standard fare. Could do more if necessary with a setting or patch.
> 640 cores
2048 at least.
Now, if only I had that kind of hardware and free electricity and housing for it...
> no bloatware
> boots way faster than any other windows
Guess what...
> desktop is default interface
... what do you mean, and why is this important? You invested like a hundred thousand dollars in your server and you can't change some trivial configurables?
>>46618075
But I am.
>>46618175
>windows server
>on a laptop
>>46618079
Double kek, even though 99.9% of major businesses use it.
>>46618184
> on a mobile workstation
ftfy
>>46618186
99.9% of them also use Linux and perhaps also OSX and BSD, I'd say.
>>46618197
>BSD
>literally 0 support available
kek
at least you can buy linux support contacts from redhat
deploying osx machine is a real pain in the ass as well, google had to write their own tools to manage their macbook fleet because apple doesn't care about that market
>>46618075
because I'm not a retard
>>46618197
Not
> server operating system
> touch interface
Why the fuck did they even do this? Why is Microsoft so fucking retarded?
>>46618075
Because It's a terrible OS and can't run on PowerPC
>>46618218
They still do use them to do real work.
It's not much of a statement.
>>46618253
Yup, they do.
>>46618263
Why would a server have a video out out at all? All management should be done through ssh, or telnet in the Windows world.
>>46618337
You sound like a very experienced person when it comes to enterprise grade server maintenance.
>>46618277
No, they don't. Do some actual research on distros and installs instead of what you "assume".
>>46618075
>shills for Server 2012
>takes screenshot of Server 2012 R2.
>using chromebot on Server 2012 R2.
k
>>46618337
All management should be done through salt/puppet. If you have to use SSH or RDP to access individual terminals, you will never scale.
>>46618337
>>46618369
>not using iLO
>>46619094
When was the last time you used ILO?
Most places don't even cable it anymore.
>>46618094
+1 for VMS reference
>tfw BSD server master race
>tfw isp's use BSD
>tfw Netflix uses BSD
>tfw 40% of internet server bandwidth is BSD
>tfw sys admin employers want you to know windows server
>>46618218
All off the German government instutues have to use a firewall built on openBSD
It's web interface is shit, but BSD is okay
How do you measure the overall performance and quality of these operating systems?
>>46619873
"Do I like this operating system?"
>>46618075
shit OS
My class "Directory Services" is making us use a 2012 server to run a DC. Its not bad.
>>46618075
Because I am not autistic.
capcha: cringe
>evaluation
ive got a dreamspark account so ive got server 2008 and 2012.
currently running 2012r2 on my esxi server and playing around with it. only a fucking idiot would use it as a regular desktop os
>>46618075
Why aren't you using a GNU/Linux distribution as OS, /g/?
>server tier performance (whatever that's meant to mean)
>Runs on all architectures
>supports up to 64TB of internal memory
>up to 5120 cores
>no bloatware
>desktop is default interface and actually has a useful CLI
>boots way faster than any windows
Pretty funny, OP.
I'd do it but there's no way any cracks for it are going to be legit and not put me on the botnet.
How do I learn winders server, please respond
Linux Because of Free Software?
If you want a free Windows OS you can try Hyper-V Server 2012 (yepp is fully free).
(And of course support Linux like commands inside the powershell 3.0 CLI)
(It can run unlimited Linux/BSD VMS)
Don't worry for the graphical environment, you can find a soluction googling about it. (btw Explorer is gone ;)
MVA is free...and is part of Microsoft Learning program...
>>46623317
>Powershell
>Linux like commands
>>46619166
>iLO
not the same guy, but I use iLo or DRAC every now and then when rebooting an ESXi box, just for the sake of having eyes on the boot process
also,
>but I am using it as my OS
>>46618075
Oh but I am.
Can it be used for gaming?
how much space does a clean install take up?
>>46623317
Powershell isn't linux like. It's more SQL like.
For example:
Get-VM | Stop-VM -force
Or one of my favourites, and this can be pulled from XML, hard coded, or somewhere in the middle:if ($Net.Count -gt 1)
{
$ifIndex = $net.ifIndex
$ifIndex1 = $Net.ifIndex[0]
$ifIndex2 = $Net.ifIndex[1]
$NIC1 = Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceIndex $ifIndex1
$NIC2 = Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceIndex $ifIndex2
$NIC1 | Rename-NetAdapter -NewName NIC1
$NIC2 | Rename-NetAdapter -NewName NIC2
New-NetLbfoTeam -Name LAN -TeamMembers $NIC1.Name,$NIC2.Name -LoadBalancingAlgorithm Dynamic -TeamingMode Lacp -Confirm $false
}
else
{
$ifIndex = $net.ifIndex
$NIC = Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceIndex $ifIndex
$NIC | Rename-NetAdapter -NewName LAN
}
Proof of concept script. The values will end up being pulled from an XML. Checks to see if there are two NIC's, and if so, create a team. Otherwise, just rename the adapter. Worked perfectly on my Microserver Gen8.
>>46618186
You mean 99.9% of major businesses have massive stocks of MS-office formatted critical files that won't open in libreoffice
>windows is good guys!
>look, you need it to run office!
windows is not good
the software that runs on it is good
but windows is total shit
>scrollbar is handled in-kernel
>used for zero days since XP
>using a server OS as desktop
>>46625589
MORE LIKE
>using a desktop OS as server
>>46625934
kek
>>46618075
Handbrake is shit how can you stand the loss of quality? Use avidemux
>>46618075
Why do newfags always think server is better?
If it were universally better, they'd just make everything in the style of servers.
They are different things, made for different purposes.
One is not always better than the other.
>>server tier performance
This is done by disabling many things that run by default in Windows...
>>supports up to 4 TB of internal memory
Literally what? Are you stupid, dude? How is this a plus? You don't even have 1% of that.
>>up to 64 10-core processors = 640 cores
Refer to previous, you dunce.
>>no bloatware
>Windows
>no bloat
past your bedtime, m8?
>>desktop is default interface
You can already do this in shit-tier Windows OS anyway.
>>boots way faster than any other windows
>Implying I care
>Implying my first point didn't already cover this
>Implying you're not a dunce
lurk moar/pls go
