Administration: servers, and in particular software, requires continuous upkeep such as installation of security patches, upgrade of the OS and middleware, user account management and so on.

管理：服务器和某些软件需要连续维护，比如安装安全补丁、升级操作系统和中间件、用户账号管理等等。

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Many applications assume the memory management features, or process scheduling features, provided by the OS.

很多应用程序都假定由操作系统提供内存管理功能或进程调度功能。

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OS virtualization, such as WPARs or zones, provide an even more granular method of resource management.

OS虚拟化(如wpar或者区域)，提供了更细粒度的资源管理方法。

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Applications are becoming the center of user consumption and management (rightfully so) and compiled OS management is becoming less important.

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