Hub - Types of Servers Archives | ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/hub-types-of-servers/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:13:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 What Is a Hypervisor Server? https://www.serverwatch.com/virtualization/hypervisor-server/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:20:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/what-is-a-hypervisor-server/ Hypervisors are the software that enables virtual machines to run on a host computer. Here’s how they work, their different types, and how they differ from containers.

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]]> What Is a Print Server? How Print Servers Work https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/print-server/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:17:37 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35502 When you have a fleet of devices, multiple printers, or geographically distant office locations, a print server is a mechanism that provides adequate management and control. Print servers are high-powered appliances or software that help organizations manage files in a printing queue and facilitate the user-printer workflow.  Today, print servers can be physical or cloud-based […]

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]]> What Is a Network Policy Server? What Is the Purpose of an NPS Server? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/nps-server/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:49:39 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35499 For network access and policy management capabilities, Microsoft’s RADIUS server and proxy tool is the Network Policy Server (NPS). NPS offers authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), enables the use of heterogeneous network equipment and ensures the health of network devices.  The RADIUS protocol provides the configuration and management of authentication for network clients central to […]

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]]> What Is a Database Server & What Is It Used For? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/database-server/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:15:43 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35478 Powering the apps, programs, and tools we’ve come to love, servers devoted to the operational use of data are known as database servers. Database servers are high-powered computers that store and manage data stored on a server for a network of users and devices. The terms database servers, database management systems (DBMS), and relational DBMS […]

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]]> What Is an FTP Server and How Does It Work? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/ftp-server/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 02:49:03 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35464 A file transfer protocol (FTP) server is an intermediary for transferring files between computers on a network. While FTP servers traditionally were a physical unit in an organization’s back end, the adoption of SaaS technology brings those capabilities to the cloud. In either environment, FTP servers are the storage mechanisms that provide the secure transfer […]

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]]> What is a File Server & How Does It Work? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/what-is-a-file-server-how-does-it-work/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:50:29 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35432 File servers are high-powered computers that enable data sharing for a network of users, devices, and clients.  One of the earliest uses of servers was for the simple storage and management of data on an on-premises network. File servers are a central database for the network where permitted devices can access files hosted by the […]

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]]> What Is A Virtual Server? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/virtual-server/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:05:57 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35374 Virtual servers have the same capabilities as a physical server, but not the underlying physical machinery. A physical server can create multiple, separate virtual servers with a hypervisor or container engine using virtualization technology, and the instances share physical server resources like CPU and memory. Not long ago, some feared a future of bustling data […]

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]]> What Is an Application Server? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/application-server/ Fri, 21 May 2021 21:48:09 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35256 Applications come in all shapes, sizes, and use cases. In a world where we rely on a host of critical business processes, application servers are the high-powered computers providing application resources to users and web clients. Application servers physically or virtually sit between database servers storing application data and web servers communicating with clients. App […]

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]]> What Is a Web Server? https://www.serverwatch.com/web-servers Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/serving-up-web-server-basics/ Web servers are software or hardware (or both together) that stores and delivers content to a web browser at a basic level. The servers communicate with browsers using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Web servers can also support SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).  Web servers are also used for hosting websites […]

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