Always curious...

[brisk]

I was always curious to see what the "server room" of companies have in them.
I know they have a lot of switches but what are the other components that make up the server room rack?

Just curious and always wanted to know.
Couldn't find anything but pictures on the internet.

Thanks.

 

[RoBo]

Servers
UPSs
Switches
Patch Pannels
KVMs

 

[brisk]

thanks for the reply.

whats the benefit of having multiple servers?

 

[/337]

The benifits of having multiple servers can depend on how big the company is. Depending on the size it would be ideal to have a dedicated database server, mail server, web heads. You can have multiple servers for redundancy. Mysql cluster with a master and slaves to replicate the data across. I work at a hosting company and I see many configurations often times that are massive with 100+ server setup. It all really depends on what you are trying to accomplish.

 

[brisk]

ah i see.
so a differnt server for a different purpose...ie file storage, mail, web, etc.

i always wondered..why they have so much equipment in the server room.
most of them seems liek storage and switches though.

thanks for the reply.

 

[RoBo]

Doman Server
File Server
Web Server
Application Server
Terminal Server
DNS Server
DCHP Server
Mail Server
VPN Server
WINS Server
Media Streamer

 

[MjrStryker]

Company I work for has 8 UPS's,
1 file server,
2 web servers,
1 camera server,
3 switches,
1 fiber hub,
2 network phone hubs,
KVM device,
and 1 test/debug server for projects under development.

They're looking to add another web server to host an online ordering system soon.