Novell Home

Novell Open Enterprise Server

Compare

Past Versions

The table below compares features of Novell Open Enterprise Server to NetWare 6.

  Open Enterprise NetWare
Feature V 2 V 1 V 6.5 V 6.0 V 5.1
Content & Application/Open Source Service
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 No YES No No No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 YES No No No No
Mono YES YES No No No
JBoss YES YES No No No
Apache Web Server YES YES YES YES No
Tomcat Servlet Engine YES YES YES YES No
MySQL Database YES YES YES YES No
Perl Scripting Support YES YES YES YES No
PHP Scripting Support YES YES YES No No
FTP Support YES YES YES YES No
SOAP Server YES YES No YES No
UDDI Server YES YES No No No
DNS/DHCP Servers YES No YES YES No
XEN Virtual Machine YES No No No No
Networking and Productivity Services
Novell iFolder YES YES YES YES No
iPrint YES YES YES YES No
NetStorage YES YES YES YES No
File Versioning YES No YES No No
Novell Client for Windows YES YES YES YES YES
Novell Client for Linux YES YES No No No
Novell Client for Vista YES No No No No
Management Services
Domain Services for Windows YES No No No No
Remote Upgrades (RPM Support) YES YES No No No
YaST YES YES No No No
Server Consolidation Migration Utility YES YES YES No No
Global Directory YES YES YES YES YES
Directory Synchronization YES YES YES No No
Multi-factored Authentication YES YES YES No No
Graded Authentication YES YES YES No No
Advanced Authentication Support YES YES YES No No
Storage Resource Management YES YES No No No
Global Server Management YES YES YES No No
Global Health YES YES YES No No
Auditing Some YES YES YES No
Storage and Clustering Services
Dynamic Storage Technology YES No No No No
Storage Scalability YES YES No YES No
Native Windows Client Support for 4 GB Files YES YES YES No No
Native Mac OS X Client support for 4 GB Files YES YES YES No No
Native UNIX, Linux Client Support for 4 GB Files YES YES No No No
Snapshot Backup YES No YES No No
Fibre Channel SAN Support YES YES YES YES No
iSCSI SAN Support YES YES YES No No
Cluster Services YES YES YES YES No
GEO Site Failover YES YES YES YES No
Other Features
Multi-processor Support YES YES No YES No
Support for more than 4gb of RAM YES No No No No
64-bit CPU Support YES No No No No

© 2008 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.