NetWare Version 5 Product Flyer

The #1 network for Internet-enabled businesses

Novell

1998

Your network is expanding and has evolved into a mission critical component of your business. In order to maintain a competitive edge and control costs, you need to integrate your LANs, WANs, network applications, intranets and the Internet into a single global network. The resulting network must provide the scalable and reliable network services you need to run your business. And it must be easy to manage, high performing, secure and able to grow as your needs grow. That’s where NetWare 5, the #1 network for Internet-enabled businesses, comes in.

NetWare 5 delivers the greatest business advantages at the lowest cost of ownership. It increases the productivity of your network users and administrators. It leverages the investment in your existing network. And it protects your internal network from intruders. All at a lower cost of ownership than any other server operating system. In fact, NetWare 5 can save over 60 percent in the cost of network ownership over running your network with nondirectory-based application servers.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

NetWare 5 offers an unparalleled combination of capabilities:

• Superior management and control of your entire heterogeneous network leveraging Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™), the leading directory service—delivering an average 69 percent savings in management and administrative costs over servers that are not directory based.
   
• Open standards support, including pure IP, for fast, safe, and efficient integration between your business network and the Internet—delivering up to 30 percent greater network bandwidth (throughput) over current IP implementations.
   
• The best platform for next generation, distributed network applications based on Java, Oracle8, and other advanced technologies—delivering 2-1/2 to 5 times faster Java execution than competing servers.
   
• Proven network reliability, scalability, performance, and security, backed by the largest support infrastructure in the world—delivering up to 23 days a year more server uptime for your users for as little as 1/9 the hardware cost as compared to running your network with application servers.

SIMPLIFY THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR INCREASINGLY COMPLEX NETWORK

NetWare 5 is tightly integrated with NDS—the leading directory service. NetWare 5 with NDS is unique in that it enables you to manage your entire, heterogeneous network as a single, unified entity—all from a centralized location. This includes multiple operating systems, protocols, security, applications, users, printers, and desktops. In addition, NetWare 5 offers a broad set of new management tools to help you take full advantage of the power of NDS. 

TAP THE FULL POWER OF INTRANETS, EXTRANETS, AND THE INTERNET WITH THE FASTEST, MOST SECURE ACCESS AVAILABLE

NetWare 5 combines the stability and infrastructure of your business network with the open standards of the Internet. With NetWare 5, you can access the Internet and integrate Internet technologies into your network without jeopardizing control, security, or performance. It delivers tools and services that offer pure IP connectivity and management—without the inefficient tunneling and broadcasting that NT application servers use. And with NetWare 5, you can move to pure IP at your own pace and without disrupting your users. The high efficiency of pure IP frees up to 30 percent more bandwidth and gives you better interoperability with today’s Internet based solutions.
 

NetWare 5 includes the Netscape FastTrack* Server for NetWare, integrated with NDS and optimized for the NetWare platform. So you can deploy Web publishing solutions on the industry’s leading Web and Web application server. FastTrack runs 60 percent faster on NetWare than on NT. 

GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH NEXT-GENERATION APPLICATION SUPPORT

NetWare 5 offers the most robust and scalable support for the applications you need to run your business, including next-generation, distributed applications based on Java, Oracle8, and other advanced technologies. It also provides the most flexible and open application development environment available. It gives developers a wide choice of development tools, interfaces, and components to create and deploy web-based applications, distributed applications, and server-side task automation.
 

Through NDS and NDS for NT, you can easily manage all your applications—including applications running on NT application servers—as one unified network. And your users can access the applications they need quickly with a single login. That results in lower administrative costs and higher user productivity.

BOOST PRODUCTIVITY WITH UNMATCHED RELIABILITY, SCALABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND SECURITY

NetWare 5 brings a host of new features to the field-proven NetWare foundation, including a 64-bit file storage system, intelligent print services and added security features—making it the most reliable, highest-performing, most scalable, and most secure network on the market.
 

With NetWare 5, your administrators spend less time dealing with failures. Plus, your users can depend on having the network services they need and getting their work done faster. If you need help, Novell is behind you with its more than 500,000 training and support professionals worldwide.
 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Servers
Most PCI, ISA, EISA, and Micro Channel* architecture computers can be used.
 

• Minimum recommended memory is 64 MB RAM
   
• Minimum required hard-disk space is 500 MB plus 50 MB for a DOS partition
   
• CD-ROM Drive (optional if using a network install)
   
• Server Network Adapter

Workstations
Most PCI, ISA, EISA, and Micro Channel architecture computers can be used. Also, Apple* Macintosh* and UNIX systems from such vendors as Hewlett Packard*, IBM*, NFS*, SCO*, and Sun* can be used.

• Client 32 v3.0 or above for pure IP support
   
• Minimum recommended processing power is 80386 processor or higher
   
• Network Adapter

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Novell, NetWare and ManageWise are registered trademarks. Novell Directory Services, BorderManager, NetWare for SAA and GroupWise are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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