Server Hardware Masterclass
Jarrod Spiga02 April 2008, 7:22 AM
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 understanding the fundamentals of server hardware.
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| The difference between the hardware in a typical server and that found in a PC - and the attributes that maximise a server's uptime.
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 | A close up of the internals of an HP DL360 G5, from CPU to storage and more.
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| - Server form factors - Tower, Rack and Blade, and pros and cons of each.
- Focus on Blade Servers
- Storage - DAS, NAS and SAN
- Networking & Clustering
- Scoping the server
- Data room
- Managing the server
- Home Servers
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