Index

N

named pipes, 402

naming conventions, 180-185

class, 181

database, 186-187

enumeration, 182-183

event, 184-185

interface, 181-182

method, 183

parameter names, 183

property, 183-184

read-only and const field names, 183

variables, 185

NAS (network-attached storage), 363, 368, 369-370

.NET Enterprise Servers, 47-57

Microsoft Application Center Server, 48

Microsoft BizTalk Server, 48

Microsoft Commerce Server, 48-51

Microsoft Content Management Server, 52, 153-154, 220-221

Microsoft Exchange Server, 52-53

Microsoft Host Integration Server, 53-54

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server, 54-55

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), 55

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server, 56

Microsoft SQL Server, 57

Mobile Information Server, 55-56

overview, 47

unable to install on Web Edition, 44

.NET Enterprise Services, 195-207

deployment, 199-202

n-tier architecture using, 196

overview, 195-196

serviced components, 204-207

transactions, 197-199

versioning, 202-203

.NET Framework

contributions to enterprise applications, 156-159

integral in Windows Server 2003, 40-41

.NET Remoting and, 312, 313

performance comparisons of Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 with, 430-432

transactions, 316

.NET Remoting, 211-215

architecture for, 212-214

choosing objects or Web services with, 214-215

marshal-by-value and marshal-by-reference, 213, 214

overview, 317

performance, 93-95, 315-316

security, 315

serialization and metadata description, 312-313

state management, 315

transporting data, 314-315

uses for, 211-212, 312

Web services serializer, 313

Web services vs., 312-316

network connections

data connection string, 507-508

selecting for cluster, 454

TCP/IP connection with NIC drivers, 64

Network Load Balancing. See NLB

Network Load Balancing Manager

adding or editing port rules, 453-454

choosing network connections, 454

configuring cluster parameters, 452-453

defining parameters for NIC, 455

illustrated, 138, 452, 456

opening, 451

network-attached storage (NAS), 363, 368, 369-370

New Cluster Wizard (Application Center), 74, 75, 76

New Private Queue dialog box, 485

New Project dialog box, 265, 462

NICs (network interface cards)

configuring for MSCS clustering, 134, 135

defining parameters for NLB cluster network connections, 455

NLB clustering, 135-137, 139, 141

required for Application Center setup, 81-82

structure of time reporting system virtual machines, 450

TCP/IP connection with NIC drivers, 64

nlb.exe file, 141, 142

NLB (Network Load Balancing), 63-68, 135-142

about, 38, 40, 61, 135

administering clusters in Application Center, 76

availability with, 63-64, 66-67

best practices for, 139-142

COM+ cluster using, 78-79

combining with MSCS, 61-62

configuring NLB cluster for time reporting system, 450-457

external load balancing vs., 77

how it works, 64-66

multihomed NLB cluster, 65

new features in Windows Server 2003, 137-139

pros and cons of, 67-68

remote control for, 141-142

remotely managing servers in NLB cluster, 67

scalability and, 63-64, 66

setting properties for, 67-68

troubleshooting clusters, 142

unicast and multicast modes for, 136-137

NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) Service, 339

nodes

active and passive, 121-123

failover, 123-124

majority node set, 129, 131, 132

as members of same domain, 134

MSCS servers as, 68, 69

nonclustered indexes, 396-397

ntdll.dll file, 107-108

n-tier application model

illustrated, 5

integration with, 7

ordinary, 8

using Enterprise Services with COM+, 196

Windows Server 2003 editions for multitier applications, 46

ntoskrnl.exe file, 102-103

NUnit freeware, 231-233