What is a Server?
In fact, we call a supercomputer or a computer with extremely performance as a server, so it is a computer or a program that can provides services to the programs installed on the user’s computer or another computer.
It can refer to a physical machine, virtual machine, or software that performs services. We can use them for various purposes, we can change according to our needs.
What Types we have?
Servers can be divided into physical and virtual
Physical: like a physical computer, but it works much more powerfully and is used to run server software.
Virtual: is software that runs on a host, and we can adjust the amount of memory, processor and change all its elements. If you want to know more about virtual servers, you can read this post.
Their hardware usually performs much more complex tasks with a higher traffic load, so hardware manufacturers design them to support more additional components, for example, additional power supplies, additional network interfaces, and more memory ports allow it to continue working if one of them fails.
The design of their hardware is usually different from the hardware of a desktop.
Manufacturers are designing Desktop computers in the form of small towers and to place under the table, but usually some manufacturers design to lie flat too.
However, some manufacturers still offer tower servers, but most of manufacturers are designing to mount on the rack.
Some examples of different:
- WebServer: You interact with a variety of internet servers because you see this page, or download, or upload an app.
- EmailServer: If you have Gmail or Yahoo, you are using an email server to access your email account.
- PrintServer: It can manage print files and printers and can control them.
- GameServer: To load an online video game, you must connect to the server. Each game can have its Own Server.
- ProxyServer: we can filter content, increase the speed, prevent unauthorized users, and ensure the safety of data.
- VideoServer: Netflix and YouTube are using a video server and these servers can store Movies and TV shows as data.
Suggested services for their maintenance:
- Managed Services include monitoring and reporting
- Remote and on-site server remediation services