Chapter 2: Server Types

Question 1

Server scalability is generally achieved by adopting either _________ or __________ strategies

Answer 1

Scale-out

Scale-up

Question 2

What is Scale-up?

Answer 2

server type subcomponents are increased in capacity to meet the increase in demand.

Question 3

What is Scale-out?

Answer 3

multiple separate servers function together to perform a given task, often seen from the outside as a single system.

Question 4

How is Scale-out is generally achieved?

Answer 4

Tthrough a form of load-balancing and task

distribution. For

Question 5

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for File server?’

Answer 5

‘Scale-out’

Question 6

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Print servers?’

Answer 6

‘Scale-up’

Question 7

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Terminal servers?’

Answer 7

‘Scale-out’

Question 8

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Web servers?’

Answer 8

‘Scale-out’

Question 9

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for E-mail servers?’

Answer 9

‘Scale-up’

Question 10

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Database servers?’

Answer 10

‘Scale-up’

Question 11

‘What type of scaling is appropriate for Computation servers?’

Answer 11

‘Scale-out’

Question 12

Domain controllers perform what three functions?

Answer 12

User authentication
Resource access validation
Security control

Question 13

The subsystems that have the most impact on file server performance are?

Answer 13

Network
Memory
Disk

Question 14

On an Active Directory domain controller, there are two kind of activities

Answer 14

Server-to-server activities

Client-to-server activities

Question 15

On a file server, what might create a bottleneck due to heavy workload?

Answer 15

The network subsystem, particularly the network interface card or the bandwidth of the LAN itself

Question 16

Insufficient memory on a file server can limit the ability to do what?

Answer 16

Cache files

Question 17

The subsystems that have the most impact on print server performance are?

Answer 17

Memory
Disk
Processor

Question 18

What might help to reduce printing workload on a print server?

Answer 18

Implementing printer pools and virtual printer configurations

Question 19

The subsystems that have the most impact on database server performance are?

Answer 19

Memory
Disk
Processor
Network

Question 20

What is among the most important components in a database server?

Answer 20

Buffer Caches

Question 21

It is important to configure a sufficient number of disk drives to match what in Database Servers?

Answer 21

CPU processing power

Question 22

With most database applications, more drives equals?

Answer 22

Greater Performance

Question 23

Database servers are ____________ applications.

Answer 23

Multi-threaded

Question 24

What subsystem tends to be the least important on a database server?

Answer 24

The networking subsystem

Question 25

In database servers, the design of ___________ is critical

Answer 25

The Application

Question 26

The important subsystems for e-mail servers are?

Answer 26

Memory CPU Disk Network

Question 27

If Web site content is static, the following subsystems might be sources of bottlenecks?

Answer 27

Network Memory CPU

Question 28

If the Web server is computation-intensive, then the following subsystems might be sources of bottlenecks?

Answer 28

Memory Network CPU Disk

Question 29

The following are key elements in Web 2.0 servers that are relevant when defining a Web 2.0 application or service?

Answer 29

``` Price/performance per watt Fast, large scale-out deployment Compute density Customization Targeted workloads ```

Question 30

The elements that are important to examine in a Web 2.0 server are?

Answer 30

Network | Memory

Question 31

Important subsystems in a groupware server are?

Answer 31

Memory CPU Disk I/O

Question 32

Groupware servers require significant CPU power similar to what other server type?

Answer 32

E-mail servers

Question 33

If you are streaming audio, the most probable sources of bottlenecks are?

Answer 33

Network Memory Disk

Question 34

If you are streaming video, most important subsystems are?

Answer 34

Network Disk I/O Memory

Question 35

Disk is more important than _______ for a video server due to the volume of data being transmitting and the large amount of data being read.

Answer 35

Memory

Question 36

The most popular communication server is?

Answer 36

Windows 2003 remote access services (RAS) server.

Question 37

The potential subsystem bottlenecks for a communicate server are?

Answer 37

Communication lines Digital communications Port configuration

Question 38

The following subsystems are the most probable sources of bottlenecks in Terminal Servers

Answer 38

Memory CPU Network

Question 39

What is the working set?

Answer 39

The number of instructions and data that are frequently accessed by the CPU.

Question 40

Infrastructure servers is the name given to what services?

Answer 40

DNS, DHCP, WINS, and other services that provide connectivity.

Question 41

Important subsystems in a DNS Server include?

Answer 41

Network | Memory

Question 42

Because of the nature of DNS serving, the _________ subsystem is the least likely to cause a bottleneck.

Answer 42

Processor

Question 43

Important subsystems in a DHCP Server include?

Answer 43

Network Disk Memory

Question 44

Because of the nature of DHCP serving, the _________ subsystem is the least likely to cause a bottleneck.

Answer 44

Processor

Question 45

Important subsystems in a WINS Server include?

Answer 45

Network Disk Memory

Question 46

Because of the nature of WINS serving, the _________ subsystem is the least likely to cause a bottleneck.

Answer 46

Processor

Question 47

Potential bottlenecks on the virtual operating system are?

Answer 47

Memory CPU Network

Question 48

Computation servers provide ____________ and memory resources to compute-intensive applications such as those found in high-performance computing (HPC)

Answer 48

floating-point

Question 49

Potential bottlenecks on the virtual operating system are?

Answer 49

Memory Network CPU