Server Tech
Data Center Network – Top of Rack (TOR) vs End of Row (EOR) Design
When there are a lot of servers to connect (like in a Data Center), networking needs to be flexible enough to support the compute power required for large installations. Two popular network designs used in such circumstances – TOR (Top of Rack) and EOR (End of Row). Let us look at the advantages and... »
Advantages of Modular Data Centers – Whole Data Center in a Box!
How would you like your data center to be ready in weeks, instead of months? How would you like your data center to be shipped to you in a single container box, intact with all internal connections, cooling facilities, power routing lines, monitoring facilities and practically everything else you normally get with a full... »
What are Micro-Servers?
Micro Servers are optimized low capacity/ low power server units which are packed in a dense configuration using a custom built chassis that can be used for handling a large number of simple computational workloads (Like serving web pages to a large number of users, social networking applications, cloud computing applications, etc). »
SME Server – Linux based Open Source Network & Communications Server
SME Server is a Linux based Open Source freely download-able GUI based Server package that gives you all the functionalities you might want in a Network & Communications Server like DNS, DHCP, Web Server, Mail Server, File Server, Internet Sharing, etc. Importantly, SME Server gives you all those functionalities in a single package and... »
Server Adapter Teaming & Link Aggregation
It is possible to group multiple server adapters (NIC) / server adapter ports to achieve a combined throughput capacity of multiple adapter ports/ links. In the process, we can also achieve fault tolerance, load balancing & high availability for server adapters (NIC). Let us explore Server Adapter Teaming & Link Aggregation, in this article. »
What is a Reverse Proxy server?
A Reverse Proxy server is a web-server-alias that sits in-between the Client/ Internet (from where the web-page requests arrive) and the actual web server (origin server, which holds the web page content to be served to users). The reverse proxy server accepts the web page requests, sends them to the origin server (if that... »
A note on Server Memory – DDR3 SDRAM
In this article, we will discuss about one of the most important components of a Server, after the Server Processor – Primary Memory (RAM). We will see how server memory is different, what is DDR3 RAM, what are DIMM’s, what are registered and unregistered memory modules with a small reference architecture diagram. Architecture diagram:... »
Server Processor basics – Multi Processors Multi Cores and Multi Threads
When it comes to Server Processors, there are too many confusing terms used by the vendors - Multiple Processors, Multiple Sockets, Multiple Cores, Multiple threads, etc. In this article, let us try to decipher what all these terms mean, along with their implications for applications that run on the computer servers. »
Server Colocation – Advantages, disadvantages & Alternatives
Server Co-location refers to the practice of physically re-locating your server(s) from your office/ server room to a fully managed data center, outside your premises. In this article, we will see why it is advantageous for companies to do that & what factors drive server co-location. We will also see the limitations of server... »
Expand your Server Storage with JBOD – Just a Bunch Of Disks
JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) is the most cost effective way to increase the Direct Attached Storage (DAS) capacities on servers. In this article, we will see what is JBOD and how you could expand your server storage with JBOD quickly and easily. We will also have a look at the chassis based... »
