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Server Configuration Blog Post 2

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What will be talked about? In this 2 nd blog post I will be a guide and teacher on how to exactly spec out a server system teaching you the reader on the main key differences from any ordinary computer, including the advantages and disadvantages of server grade systems. What is a Server System? A server grade system is fundamentally no different from the average computer or device for that matter you and me are reading this blog post on, in a very easy way to understand any device that contains a CPU, Motherboard, Ram, Storage and uses some way to power it is just a computer. A phone even with its form factor and different use case can be still classified as a computer it just mainly will perform different tasks that are more suitable for it. When we talk about server grade systems these systems are built with specific tasks in mind to handle them in the most efficient and effective way possible. These tasks can range from mass storage systems, hubs that act as network solutio...

Enterprise V Consumer

  Blog 1   The past week I have researched the fundamentals of computer systems within the enterprise space the main issue is that of power and efficiency. The basic principles of enterprise and consumer computers is that they both share the same components such as same cores, architecture, ram, etc. The most notable different before comparing specs is the price of enterprise and consumer grade hardware. When taking a closer look server grade hardware tends to be much more compatible with a plentiful of different pieces of tech.  Before I dive into a more in-depth overview of differences of each hardware piece a brief history of servers through the years is much needed. In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee a British scientist invented the World Wide Web while work at CERN. The original plan was for the WWW to be developed to meet the demand for automated information sharing between scientists within university's and institutes around the world. The first Web Server, running N...