Types of servers

Question 1

What’s a server?

Answer 1

a system on a network which gives a service to client computers.

Question 2

Common servers

Answer 2

database
web
file
print
mail
application
hypervisor

Question 3

Database server

Answer 3

• gives client computers or software access to a central database at the same time
• provided by the DB,S
• microsoft SQL and MySQL are database servers

Question 4

Web server

Answer 4

• uses HTTP to serve requested web pages to client machines
• will serve HTML pages, Javascript, CSS and image files
• gives web pages to uses on a LAN called an intranet
• Apache and microsoft ISS are common servers

Question 5

File server

Answer 5

• provides a central place to store files
• can be accessed from any computer
• can be backed p and restored centrally

Question 6

Print server

Answer 6

• user print to a print server which will know which printer to send the document to
• may store the document for the user to release later

Question 7

Mail server

Answer 7

• sends, receives and stores email using protocols such as IMAP, POP and SMTP
• servers like gmail and hotmail have a web page interface for the user and have a mail server on the backend

Question 8

Application server

Answer 8

server program in a computer in a distributed network which provides the business logic for an application program

Question 9

Hypervisor server

Answer 9

function which isolates operating systems and applications from the underlying computer hardware.