Server types

[npoe1]

I need your help with: what kinds of servers there is out there?, like DNS, WINS, FTP, etc; or some kind of guide like a book or something else.

 

[GeekDrew]

What on EARTH could you possibly need to know that for? Let me guess: you just began a class using Cisco's curriculum?

Sorry, most of the time I try to post helpful responses. I guess I'm even more cynical than usual tonight.

 

[npoe1]

This question is for a homework, but somehow I?m not so sure about the knowledge of my teacher or at least how much interest have in the class, I know there are few types of servers, like in my initial question, the problem is that there is a student who brag too much an start to mention a bunch of servers, most of them application oriented, Azerus, Kconnect or something like that I don?t remember right the spelling, but I guess that you get the idea, to me all they are P2P or something like that, so Lotus Notes server is a mail server, not a Server type: Lotus Notes server, I?m confused and that?s the reason because I ask you about a book or something like that. This is important to me and I really will appreciate any help.

 

[JackMDS]

The word server is some what similar to the word Motor Vehicle.

There are countless types of different Hardware with wheels and engine that are used for countless numbers of chores starting with Go Cart and Ending with 20Feet Wheel size Bulldozers that are used in mining.

As an example, there is No similarity between Security Server and FTP server, Beside the fact that both use the word Server.

:sun:

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: npoe1
This question is for a homework, but somehow I?m not so sure about the knowledge of my teacher or at least how much interest have in the class, I know there are few types of servers, like in my initial question, the problem is that there is a student who brag too much an start to mention a bunch of servers, most of them application oriented, Azerus, Kconnect or something like that I don?t remember right the spelling, but I guess that you get the idea, to me all they are P2P or something like that, so Lotus Notes server is a mail server, not a Server type: Lotus Notes server, I?m confused and that?s the reason because I ask you about a book or something like that. This is important to me and I really will appreciate any help.

Well in honety...anything that serves anykind of informaiton or application is a server.

As far as types of servers that is normally the operating system:
Microsoft
Apple
And any of the rainbow of flavors of Unix (HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM-AIX, Linux, etc)

I'm not a unix guy so the HP and IBM flavors could be off.

But in speaking IT we noramal call it - file server, print sever, application sever, notes server, E-mail server, DNS server, FTP server, SAP server, Oracle server, peoplesoft server, web server...etc.

So its function preceeds the word server...it describes what it does or the application running on it.

 

[nweaver]

You need to seperate the physical machine (the server) from "Services" i.e. a network task that it handles, such as file storage, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, etc. I have run almost every service available on a single 2k3 server (DNS, DHCP, DC (Global Catalog), Exchange, File server, Print server, SQL for another machine, IIS, ISA for Proxy).

btw, that last box, running all those services is BAD!! (and I know now that, but I didn't at the time. )

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: nweaver
You need to seperate the physical machine (the server) from "Services" i.e. a network task that it handles, such as file storage, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, etc. I have run almost every service available on a single 2k3 server (DNS, DHCP, DC (Global Catalog), Exchange, File server, Print server, SQL for another machine, IIS, ISA for Proxy).

btw, that last box, running all those services is BAD!! (and I know now that, but I didn't at the time. )

There are two types of servers:

1) mainframes
2) not working

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: nweaver
You need to seperate the physical machine (the server) from "Services" i.e. a network task that it handles, such as file storage, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, etc. I have run almost every service available on a single 2k3 server (DNS, DHCP, DC (Global Catalog), Exchange, File server, Print server, SQL for another machine, IIS, ISA for Proxy).

btw, that last box, running all those services is BAD!! (and I know now that, but I didn't at the time. )

There are two types of servers:

1) mainframes
2) not working

bwahahaha.....

quoted for truth.