NetWare
Sign in to saveNetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol. The final update release was version 6.5SP8 in May 2009, and it has since been replaced by Open Enterprise Server.
Key facts
- OS.name
- NetWare
- OS.logo
- NetWare logo.svg
- OS.logo_caption
- Logo of NetWare, this variant introduced with NetWare 4.x. The symbol is a tilted rendition of Novell's "teeth" logo used until 1996.
- OS.developer
- Novell, Inc.
- OS.source_model
- Closed source
- OS.kernel_type
- Hybrid kernel
- OS.ui
- Command-line interface, text user interface
- OS.released
- 1983
- OS.discontinued
- yes
- OS.latest_release_version
- 6.5 SP8 (last)
- OS.language
- English, Japanese
- OS.supported_platforms
- x86 (IBM PC–compatible and PC-98), MIPS, DEC Alpha, SPARC, PowerPC
- OS.working_state
- Discontinued
- OS.license
- Proprietary
- OS.succeeded by
- Open Enterprise Server
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- History
- {{anchor|ELS}}Early years
- {{anchor|2.10|2.11|2.12|2.15|2.2|SFT}}NetWare 286 2.''x''
- {{anchor|386|3.0|3.10|3.11|3.12|3.2}}NetWare 386 and 3.''x''
- {{anchor|4.0|4.01|4.02|4.1|4.11|4.12|4.2}}NetWare 4.''x''
- NetWare for OS/2
- Strategic mistakes
- {{anchor|IntranetWare|FSB}}NetWare 4.1x and NetWare for Small Business
- {{anchor|5.0|5.1}}NetWare 5.''x''
- {{anchor|6.0}}NetWare 6.0
- {{anchor|6.5}}NetWare 6.5
- Open Enterprise Server
- 1.0
- 2.0
- From the 1990s
- NetWare Lite / Personal NetWare
- Performance
- File service instead of disk service
- Aggressive caching
- Efficiency of NetWare Core Protocol (NCP)
- Non-preemptive OS designed for network services
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
NetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol. The final update release was version 6.5SP8 in May 2009, and it has since been replaced by Open Enterprise Server.
The original NetWare product in 1983 supported clients running both CP/M and MS-DOS, ran over a proprietary star network topology and was based on a Novell-built file server using the Motorola 68000 processor. The company soon moved away from building its own hardware, and NetWare became hardware-independent, running on any suitable Intel-based IBM PC compatible system, and able to utilize a wide range of network cards. From the beginning NetWare implemented a number of features inspired by mainframe and minicomputer systems that were not available in its competitors' products.