Chapter 2: Understanding server types

Question 1

What is Server scalability?

2.1 pg 14 [46]

Answer 1

Scalability is about increasing the capability of the server to allow the services that are provided to meet increased demands

Question 2

What are two [2] types of scalability?

2.1 pg 14 [46]

Answer 2

1. Scale up

2. Scale out

Question 3

What is Scale-Up?

2.1 pg 14 [46]

Answer 3

where server type subcomponents are increased in capacity to meet the increase in demand.

Question 4

What is Scale-Out?

2.1 pg 14 [46]

Answer 4

where multiple separate servers function together to perform a given task, often seen from the outside as a single system.

Question 5

A file server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 5

Scale-out

Question 6

A Print server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 6

Scale-Up

Question 7

A Terminal server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 7

Scale-Out

Question 8

A Web server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 8

Scale-Out

Question 9

A Email server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 9

Scale-Up

Question 10

A Database server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 10

Scale-Up

Question 11

A Computation server would use what type of Scaling?

2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 11

Scale-out

Question 12

What is Authentication services?

2.2 pg 15 [47]

Answer 12

Domain controllers provide authentication services and are central to the management of network resources including users, devices, and computers.

Question 13

What are the three [3] function of the domain controller?

2.2 pg 15 [47]

Answer 13

1. User authentication
2. Resource access validation
3. Security control

Question 14

What is the Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain controllers
2.2.1 pg 15 [47]

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

What is the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)

2.2.1 pg 16 [48]

Answer 15

constructs and maintains the replication topology for Active Directory automatically

Question 16

what are the two [2] types of Active Directory domain controller activities
2.2.1 pg 16 [48]

Answer 16

1. Server-to-server activities

2. Client-to-server activities

Question 17

What is a file server?

2.3 pg 17 [49]

Answer 17

The role of the file server is to store, retrieve, and update data that is dependent on client requests.

Question 18

What three [3] things impacts on a file servers performance?

2.3 pg 17 [49]

Answer 18

1. Network
2. Memory
3. Disk

Question 19

What is a Print server?

2.4 pg 18 [50]

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

What three [3] things impacts on a print servers performance?
2.4 pg 18 [50]

Answer 20

1. Memory
2. Disk
3. processor

Question 21

What is a database server?

2.5 pg 18 [50]

Answer 21

The database server’s primary function is to store, search, retrieve, and update data from disk.

Question 22

What four [4] things impacts on a database servers performance?
2.5 pg 18 [50]

Answer 22

1. Memory
2. Disk
3. Processor
4. Network

Question 23

What is a E-Mail Server?

2.6 pg 20 [52]

Answer 23

E-mail servers act as repositories and routers of electronic mail, and they handle the transfer of e-mail to its destination.

Question 24

What four [4] things impacts on a Email servers performance?

2.6 pg 20 [52]

Answer 24

1. Memory
2. CPU
3. Disk
4. Network

Question 25

What is Infrastructure servers?

2.12 pg 26 [58]

Answer 25

Infrastructure servers is the name given to DNS, DHCP, WINS, and other services that provide connectivity.

Question 26

What is High Performance Computing?

2.14 pg 28 [60]

Answer 26

Computation servers provide floating-point and memory resources to compute-intensive applications such as those found in high performance computing (HPC).