Chapter 2: Server Types Flashcards
This chapter describes the common server types and the subsystems that are most likely to be the source of a performance bottleneck.
Server scalability is generally achieved by adopting either _________ or __________ strategies
Scale-out
Scale-up
What is Scale-up?
server type subcomponents are increased in capacity to meet the increase in demand.
What is Scale-out?
multiple separate servers function together to perform a given task, often seen from the outside as a single system.
How is Scale-out is generally achieved?
Tthrough a form of load-balancing and task
distribution. For
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for File server?’
‘Scale-out’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Print servers?’
‘Scale-up’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Terminal servers?’
‘Scale-out’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Web servers?’
‘Scale-out’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for E-mail servers?’
‘Scale-up’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Database servers?’
‘Scale-up’
‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Computation servers?’
‘Scale-out’
Domain controllers perform what three functions?
User authentication
Resource access validation
Security control
The subsystems that have the most impact on file server performance are?
Network
Memory
Disk
On an Active Directory domain controller, there are two kind of activities
Server-to-server activities
Client-to-server activities
On a file server, what might create a bottleneck due to heavy workload?
The network subsystem, particularly the network interface card or the bandwidth of the LAN itself
Insufficient memory on a file server can limit the ability to do what?
Cache files
The subsystems that have the most impact on print server performance are?
Memory
Disk
Processor
What might help to reduce printing workload on a print server?
Implementing printer pools and virtual printer configurations
The subsystems that have the most impact on database server performance are?
Memory
Disk
Processor
Network