Server Hardware Masterclass

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warned20 February 2009261 days ago.

You might know your PC, but what about the server in the backroom? Server expert Jarrod Spiga explains how servers work, and how to buy and run them.

Jarrod Spiga is the Senior Infrastructure Engineer for Visionbytes, a company that distributes video and audio solutions.  It means he administers over 100 high-availability Windows and Linux servers located in offices and data centres in Sydney and Singapore (with a Los Angeles deployment occurring in the coming months) and associated network and storage infrastrutures

In this Masterclass, he takes you on a step-by-step course on the fundamentals of server hardware.
       

  Part 1: Introducing Servers

The difference between the hardware in a typical server and that found in a PC.



 
       
  Part 2: Tour of a Server
A typical rack server
Opening it up
Heatsink, CPU and fans
Memory, slots and graphics card
Power supply
The USB and LED panels
Storage options
Cables
Managing the server
 
       
  Part 3: The Basics of Blade Servers
A blade server is an ultra-compact server that is becoming a favourite in server rooms
 
 
   



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obsidianjaguar (New user):

THnaks you ver very much for this it is helping me in so many ways

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Michael Fitzgerald (New user):

Where is the rest of the article

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