Servers Flashcards
What should server engineers ensure?
Stability & integrity of the server & storage systems at company data centers and remote offices.
What should a server engineer be able to do?
Plan, Design, Implement, and support: Server hardware, Operating systems, VMware, Citrix technologies, Active directory, exchange, SAN.
What should a server engineer consider regarding operations?
Ensure optimal operation of the server and storage infrastructure at company data center and remote sites.
What should a server engineer consider regarding data protection?
Maintain data protection (backups) solutions and perform data recovery when necessary.
What should a server engineer perform?
Perform software patching for server and storage equipment.
What should a server engineer do with regards to disaster recovery plans?
Development and testing of disaster recovery plans.
What is VMware?
A virtualization platform for desktops applications and server applications.
What is VMsphere?
Cloud computing virtualization platform.
What is Citrix XenDesktop?
Offers Virtual desktop delivery for windows applications to any device, anywhere.
What is Citrix Provisioning (PVS)?
Allows a single updated image to be streamed to thousands of desktops. New software only needs to be installed once on the master image & when PVS clients reboot, they get the updates image with new software.
What is a server?
A computer, a device or a program that is dedicated to managing and providing network resources. I.e Print servers, file servers, network servers and database servers.
What is a platform?
The operating system on which software applications can be run.
What is a Thin client?
A think client is one of many network computers that share computation needs by using the resources of one server.
What should they enforce regarding usage?
Company policy.
Describe the VDI set up.
Storage server, that may have a number of servers running off it to store data. The servers will have operating systems, that allow applications to run. A VDI will use an Hypervisor to create a virtual platform, which will also encapsulate the applications required for a virtual desktop to operate. These virtual platforms can be moved between servers to manage load balancing, 0
What is a Hypervisor?
It creates the virtualization layer that makes virtualization possible & allows multiple guest operating systems to run on a single host system at the same time.
What is DaaS?
Desktop as a service allows IT organizations to outsource the cloud infrastructure to a third party.
What is VCenter Server?
A data center management server application to monitor virtualized environments.
VMware, Hyper-V, Fusion, Xen Server, Virtual Server are all examples of what?
A Hypervisor,
Name the different types of servers.
File server, print server, database server, network controller, messaging server, web server, Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)-based server.
Do client and servers have the same OS?
No, because have different requirements.
What is WSUS?
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a free add-on application offered by Microsoft that can download and manage updates and patches for Windows Server operating systems.
What is DNS?
Domain name system (DNS) is a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database. This system transforms domain names to IP addresses and makes it possible to assign domain names to groups of Internet resources and users, regardless of the entities’ physical location.
What is DHCP?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used to dynamically assign an IP address to any new node entering the network. DHCP permits a node to be configured automatically, thereby avoiding the necessity of involvement by a network administrator.
