Chapter 2: Understanding server types Flashcards
What is Server scalability?
2.1 pg 14 [46]
Scalability is about increasing the capability of the server to allow the services that are provided to meet increased demands
What are two [2] types of scalability?
2.1 pg 14 [46]
- Scale up
2. Scale out
What is Scale-Up?
2.1 pg 14 [46]
where server type subcomponents are increased in capacity to meet the increase in demand.
What is Scale-Out?
2.1 pg 14 [46]
where multiple separate servers function together to perform a given task, often seen from the outside as a single system.
A file server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-out
A Print server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-Up
A Terminal server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-Out
A Web server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-Out
A Email server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-Up
A Database server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-Up
A Computation server would use what type of Scaling?
2.1 pg 15 [47]
Scale-out
What is Authentication services?
2.2 pg 15 [47]
Domain controllers provide authentication services and are central to the management of network resources including users, devices, and computers.
What are the three [3] function of the domain controller?
2.2 pg 15 [47]
- User authentication
- Resource access validation
- Security control
What is the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain controllers
2.2.1 pg 15 [47]
Active Directory stores domain-wide directory data such as user authentication data, system security policies, and network objects (such as user, computer and printer names) in its replica LDAP database.
What is the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)
2.2.1 pg 16 [48]
constructs and maintains the replication topology for Active Directory automatically
what are the two [2] types of Active Directory domain controller activities
2.2.1 pg 16 [48]
- Server-to-server activities
2. Client-to-server activities
What is a file server?
2.3 pg 17 [49]
The role of the file server is to store, retrieve, and update data that is dependent on client requests.
What three [3] things impacts on a file servers performance?
2.3 pg 17 [49]
- Network
- Memory
- Disk
What is a Print server?
2.4 pg 18 [50]
Print servers remove the requirement to install printers on individual clients, and they are capable of supporting a large number of printer types and print queues. They manage client print requests by spooling the print job to disk.
What three [3] things impacts on a print servers performance?
2.4 pg 18 [50]
- Memory
- Disk
- processor
What is a database server?
2.5 pg 18 [50]
The database server’s primary function is to store, search, retrieve, and update data from disk.
What four [4] things impacts on a database servers performance?
2.5 pg 18 [50]
- Memory
- Disk
- Processor
- Network
What is a E-Mail Server?
2.6 pg 20 [52]
E-mail servers act as repositories and routers of electronic mail, and they handle the transfer of e-mail to its destination.
What four [4] things impacts on a Email servers performance?
2.6 pg 20 [52]
- Memory
- CPU
- Disk
- Network
What is Infrastructure servers?
2.12 pg 26 [58]
Infrastructure servers is the name given to DNS, DHCP, WINS, and other services that provide connectivity.
What is High Performance Computing?
2.14 pg 28 [60]
Computation servers provide floating-point and memory resources to compute-intensive applications such as those found in high performance computing (HPC).
