| Peeping into Compucon Servers |
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| October 2007 | |
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A computer or network server serves a multitude of users. This simple definition has unfortunately attracted tens of varieties of server models. There are 3 criteria that can be used to classify servers: (a) Functional, (b) Form Factor and (c) Hardware Complexity. This article will give you a better perspective so that you stay in control as a business owner. Functional refers to the type of services performed such as on storage, user access, network border protection, hosting website, running applications and simply sharing files and printers. Form Factor refers to free standing or rack mounted. Rack mounts are further classified into 1U, 2U and etc. Hardware Complexity refers to the number of CPU, architecture, virtual, blade and clustering arrangements. The above is indeed a lot of knowledge to acquire and this is why we have to leave them to the experts- our network consultants and the people in the Compucon office. If you want to know at least one server model, it would be Compucon Workgroup Server. It is a low cost GENUINE server adequate for supporting file sharing for up to 20 persons. It can be free standing or rack mounted. It is not a “beefed up PC” as some PC vendors offer. It is completely integrated and tested. Please go to Products/ Single Processor for more information. |