What are the different types of servers | Estnoc

A server is a computer program or equipment that delivers services to other programs known as clients or customers. The term "client-server architecture" refers to the overall setup. The architecture's single process is shared across all device or program computing processes. It mostly handles network resources and works on the network. The server has no further jobs that can be given to it, and it does not do any other tasks. When properly configured, a single computer may run numerous server programs simultaneously. To put it another way, it transfers data from one computer to another. EstNOC is a company based in Estonia that provides server hosting solutions such as dedicated or VPS servers to its customers.

Major Server Types:

Application Server

 Instead of running apps locally on client PCs, application servers run them. Application servers are frequently used to operate resource-intensive apps that are used by a large number of people. This eliminates the requirement that each client has sufficient resources to run the programs. It also eliminates the need to install and maintain software on multiple devices rather than just one.

Mail Server

 Mail servers are a popular type of application server. Mail servers accept emails submitted to a user and keep them until a client on behalf of that user requests them. Having an email server allows you to keep a single machine configured and connected to the network at all times instead of requiring each client machine to have its own email subsystem running at all times, it is then ready to send and receive messages.

Proxy Server

 A proxy server connects a client and a server. A proxy server receives the request from the client and isolates either the clients or the servers for security reasons. It sends the request to another server or process rather than responding to the client. After receiving the response from the second server, the proxy server replies to the original client as if it were responding independently. The client and the responding server do not need to connect directly to each other in this manner.

Web Server

 A web server is one of the most common server types on the market today. A web server is a type of application server that hosts programs and data that users request via the Internet or through an intranet. Requests for web pages or other web-based services are sent to web servers by browsers operating on client computers. Apache web servers, Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services) servers, and Nginx servers most often use web servers.

Virtual Server

Virtual servers still need hardware, but that hardware now runs a hypervisor, which is a distinct operation. A full operating system, such as Microsoft's Hyper-V, continues to run on the hardware itself in some circumstances. In other circumstances, hypervisors known as bare-metal hypervisors can be placed directly on server hardware. In both cases, the hardware is commonly dispersed throughout a network of blade servers, networked storage, and power supplies, making it impossible to identify where one server ends and another begins.

Apart from these major types of servers, there are other servers such as collaboration server, FTP Server, list server, telnet server, database server, and others. EstNOC provides hosting services for the dedicated server, virtual private server, and other kinds of server hosting services for websites. To know more visit today!