Server 101?

meanman · 03-24-2007, 09:10 AM

(Could everybody pool together ALL of your information and tell me everything you know about servers?)that was his request and i responded by telling him what i know about a game server they are not debug logs they are cfg files, i was not trying to be condesending but to show one type of server,
the responce i got (what was that crap) is not in my thinking the correct way to responed , if the information given isnt what he was looking for then he should be more specific with his question.

tlarkin · 03-26-2007, 02:02 PM

types of servers

FTP/SFTP
HTTP
Database (SQL)
Active Directory, Open Directory, eDirectory
Print servers
NAS
SAN (this gets super expensive)
Windows, Unix, Linux, OS X, Citrix, Novell, etc

I mean I am only scratching the surface here, what exactly are you trying to accomplish here and that is the best way to discuss further.

**dragon2309** · 03-26-2007, 07:36 PM

Since when has SAN, NAS and an SQL database been types of servers??

tlarkin · 03-26-2007, 08:50 PM

not necessarily a server but run in a server environment, not to mention servers and networking and network solutions go hand in hand. I was trying to make a point that its a very broad subject, sorry if it wasn't that clear.

Also, SANs have to deal with mostly clustering, which is another way to configure servers.

Of course a SQL server would be a windows server but running SQL and typically it runs nothing else. Our help desk system runs on an SQL database and it gets its own dedicated server running SQL. Maybe I am stretching it I am not sure but I would personally consider that to be a SQL server. I think a lot of network admins use that model for their databases, maybe I am wrong.

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03-24-2007, 09:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,589	(Could everybody pool together ALL of your information and tell me everything you know about servers?)that was his request and i responded by telling him what i know about a game server they are not debug logs they are cfg files, i was not trying to be condesending but to show one type of server, the responce i got (what was that crap) is not in my thinking the correct way to responed , if the information given isnt what he was looking for then he should be more specific with his question.

03-26-2007, 02:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,179	types of servers FTP/SFTP HTTP Database (SQL) Active Directory, Open Directory, eDirectory Print servers NAS SAN (this gets super expensive) Windows, Unix, Linux, OS X, Citrix, Novell, etc I mean I am only scratching the surface here, what exactly are you trying to accomplish here and that is the best way to discuss further.

03-26-2007, 08:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,179	not necessarily a server but run in a server environment, not to mention servers and networking and network solutions go hand in hand. I was trying to make a point that its a very broad subject, sorry if it wasn't that clear. Also, SANs have to deal with mostly clustering, which is another way to configure servers. Of course a SQL server would be a windows server but running SQL and typically it runs nothing else. Our help desk system runs on an SQL database and it gets its own dedicated server running SQL. Maybe I am stretching it I am not sure but I would personally consider that to be a SQL server. I think a lot of network admins use that model for their databases, maybe I am wrong.