Re: Wow! NoGall Exposed


"Renia" <renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Fred J. McCall wrote:
Renia <renia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:You don't specifically buy a server. You just make your computer into
:one, depending on its size.

True only at the very lower end, Renia. Most servers actually are
purpose-built to be servers and you buy them just for that. The
internal architecture of the systems tends to be different from what
you find on a desktop.

For example, my home desktop machine has something like 3.5TB of disk
storage on it. Is it a server?

Mine has 200gb and it's not a server. But my husband has 3 servers at work
which aren't a lot bigger. Two of them mirror each other. They weren't
specially-built as servers, as far as I know.

Server just means that your computer provides a service to other computers,
or clients. It's a role not an architecture.

Naturally when you centralize work on a system you need a sturdy computer,
so usually servers are larger and have more resources, but not necessarily a
different architecture, much as architectural changes may be added, like
dual or multi-processor cores, high-speed I/O cards, etc. But those
features can be found in non-server workstations that may need them.





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