Subscribe to our newsletter. Last week we took a look at the new features that might be included in Mac OS 8.6 . This week we'll take a look at the recently announced Mac OS X Server. Foundation Features Mac OS X Server is based on a Mach kernel and BSD 4.4 . Since it has a tried and true Unix core, Mac OS X Server is likely to provide a high degree of reliability and stability.
Memory protection is also standard.
Preemptive Multitasking Mac OS X Server has the ability to run many services concurrently. Multiple operations can also be performed concurrently. Apache is currently the most popular web server in use on the Internet. Likewise, a developer version of WebObjects is built-in. NetBooting One of the most exciting features, from a workgroup management point of view, is the netboot feature.