#4: Server Fundamentals

Question 1

Towers

Answer 1

• looks like desktop with sevrer components inside
• take up more space than racks or blade units
• may have internal components for closet deployments
• offers internal power and cooling

Question 2

Racks

Answer 2

• high density design for installation in data center racks
• compact vertical arrangement (stacked atop one another in a rack enclosure)
• installed in a rack or cabinet
• space efficient, requires external cooling system
• most common server employment

Question 3

Blades

Answer 3

• modular design to minimize space and power consumption
• chassis-based/blade enclosure that holds many server blades
• chassis provides power, networking and cooling
• blade enclosure + blade server = complete solution

Question 4

Composable

Answer 4

• modular server, storage, networking blocks
• chassis provide power, networking, and cooling
• simple “covered” deployment
• still requires manual implementation and deployment of apps