objecti v es T o l earn about se r v er OS D i f f e r e n t t y pe s o f se r v er O S and the i r f eut u r es Th i n gs t o c onside r when choos in g a se r v er OS K n o wi n g about l ead i n g se r v er O S v endo r s W i n do w s se r v er 20 1 6 & n e w f eutu r es o f i t i n clu d i ng app l i c a ti o n s.
Wh a t is S e r v er: A se r v er is a c ompu t er des igned t o p r oces s r eque s ts and de li v er d a t a t o a nothe r c ompu t er o v er the i n t er n e t o r a l o c al ne t w ork . “Se r v e r s A r e the Heart of the I nt ern e t ” . Th e w o r d "se r v er" is unde r st o o d by m o s t t o mean a w eb se r v er whe r e w ebpa g es c an b e accessed o v er the i n t er n e t th r oug h a cli e n t li k e a w eb b r o w s e r . Ho we v e r , the r e a r e s e v e r al types o f se r v e r s , i nc l ud i n g lo c al ones li k e f i l e se r v e r s th a t s t o r e d a t a within an i n t r an e t n e t w ork.
Ded i c a t ed ho s ti n g se r v er:
Mana g ed se r v er ho s ti n g:
Wh a t i s se r v er O S ? A se r v e r ope r a t i ng s yst e m , al s o c alled a se r v e r OS , i s an ope r a ting s y s t e m spec i f i c ally des i gned t o run on se r v e r s , wh i c h a r e sp e cia l i z ed c omp u t e r s th a t ope r a t e wit h in a clie n t / se r v e r a r ch i t ectu r e t o se r v e the r eque s ts o f c l ie n t c ompu t e r s o n the n e t w ork.
Wh a t i s n e cess a r y ! Bas i c ally wh a t se r v er O S doe s i t, it p r ov i de s an i n t er f ace b e t w een the use r and the s y st em or app l i ca t i o n wh i ch c an b e g r aph i c al (w i nd o w s se r v er) o r t erm i na l/ c omman d l i n e base d o n the O S y o u a r e us i ng. T o he lp mana g e, st o r e , sen d and p r oces s d a t a la r g e n u mb e r o f d ocume n ts and th e ir f i les i n t o 24 hou r s a d a y , 7 d a y s a w eek 365 d a y s in a y ea r .
F l e x i b l e n e t w ork i n g c apab i l i t i es , t i g t h t s y st em secur i t y , t r anspa r e n t d a t a t r an s f er b e t w een d i f f e r e n t d e vices . Au t om a t i o n c apab i l i t ies. Ad v anced bac k u p f acil i t i es t o permi t r egu l ar and f r eque n t on l i n e bac k u p s o f cri t i c al d a t a
Th i ng s t o l o o k f o r a se r v er OS Admini s t r a ti o n : wh a t t oo ls a r e a v ailab l e and h o w ea s y a r e th e y t o use. Sec u rit y : and the h per h a p s the a r de s t t o jud mo s t i m por t a n t f e a tu r e g e and g e t rig h t. F e a tu r e s : doe s i t h a v e t h e spec i f i c se r vices y ou w a n t b u i l t it ( f o r i n s t ance o r an FT P se r v er f or r emo t e f i le access).
P er f ormanc e : is the se r v er OS , and the ha r d w a r e p l a t f or m it runs o n , f a s t enough f or y ou r needs. Ha r d w a r e r e q ui r em e n t s : wh e th e r t h e se r v er OS c an run i n t el o r A MD ha r d w a r e o r wh e ther it r equ i r es a p r opr i e t a r y p l a t f orm. S c alabilit y : h o w m a n y cl i e n ts c an r easona b le access th i s s y st em.
Se r v e r s vs C l i e n ts
Defini t ion : I n information techno lo g y , a ser ve r is a com pute r program tha t provide s ser vice s t o other comp uter program s (a n d their user s ) in th e s am e or other comp uters.
Pow e rful c o mputers Alwa y s run a netwo r k Mo r e pow e rful, mor e s e cure and mor e r e lia b le.
S e r ve r
Scripts that runs o n the serv e r machine. Usually encrypted. Provide s hig h lev e l of security. Must be d one a s fast a s pos s ible.
Defin i tion:
Not powe r ful. Can be use d out sid e a networ k . Can no t operate on a n e twork withou t servers.
S c r ipts t ha t run s o n t h e c li e nt m a c h i ne. N o n ee d to b e e n c rypte d . U s u a l l y d o n e b y the br ow sers.