Common Server Setups Used by Businesses

Every business has a distinct set of needs and plans. The configuration of the server is dependent on your business requirements. To know which server setup is suitable for your business, it is helpful to know the common business server setups out there. 

1. Cloud Server

Many users utilise cloud server migration to position data to modern, scalable cloud servers. Cloud servers can scale up or down and adapt swiftly to meet your business needs. 

2. Virtual Servers (VMs)

Popular in web hosting environments. Virtual servers are used for a variety of applications from remote file access to web design and development.

3. Linux Servers

Variants of the Linux OS. They are designed to handle more intense storage and operational needs of larger organisations and their software.

4. High Availability Servers

A group of servers that support the types of application servers used with minimal downtime when any server node fails or experiences overload. Used for load balancing, failover servers, and backup system. 

5. HTTP Accelerator

Increases the site performance and user capacity by reducing CPU load on web server software through caching and compression. It’s particularly useful in an environment with content-heavy dynamic web applications or with many commonly accessed files. 

6. Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

Makes administering databases easier and cheaper by having a third party to manage all the database processes and operations for you. It is commonly used as small business servers and large corporations. 

7. Backend as a Service (BaaS)

Acts as a middleware between developers and the cloud services. BaaS platforms that run on AZURE normally include SQL server databases, Cortana Suite and more. 

8. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Like BaaS, PaaS users don’t have to install any hardware or build any software for the development purpose because the service provider uses its own infrastructure for hosting the hardware or software. It is preferred by most businesses because it is cost-saving and makes the development tasks less complicated.

9. Separate Database Server

Separated from the rest of the environment to eliminate the resource contention between the application and the database. Useful for quick application setup. 

10. All in one Server

Resides on one single server, consisting of web server, application server and database server in the context of web applications. Provides easy and quick application setup.   

11. Load Balancer

Distributes the workload across multiple servers. Useful in an environment that requires scaling by adding more servers. 

12. Load Balancer + Cache + Replication

Some businesses use a combination of the load balancer, cache and replication as server setups. The goal is to reap maximum benefits by reducing technical complexities and issues. 

13. Database Replication

Improves the performance of a database system by sending all updates to the primary node while the reads are distributed across all nodes. Helps to increase the read performance for the database tier of an application.

14. Outsourcing of services

By outsourcing, you can surrender the server responsibilities to IT professionals who can eliminate the risk of failures, security breaches and downtime. DBaaS, BaaS and PaaS are part of outsourcing services that fulfil the client’s servers needs.

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