IT Infrastructure Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is a client?
A client refers to a device, application or system that requests and uses services or resources provided by another system, typically a server.
What is a WAN?
A WAN is a type of network that spans a large geographic area, often covering cities, countries or even continents.
What is a LAN?
A type of network that covers a small geographic area such as a home, office, or single building. It connects computers, devices, printers, severs within that area.
What does a WAN do?
WANs are typically used by organizations, businesses to connect offices, data centers, cloud applications and storage. A key exampe is the Internet
What is a router?
A router is a networking device that connects computer networks like WANs and LANs
What does a client do?
Clients initiate requests for services or data. For example to visit a website, or request for a piece of data from an application.
What does a server do?
The server provides the requested resources or services, often storing them or running applications
What does a network do?
The network facilitates the communication between clients and services ensuring data moves from one point to another.
How do servers and storage systems interact with each other?
A server can use a storage system like SAN or NAS as apart of its architecture to store data, in which it can serve to clients upon request.
What is centralized storage?
Refers to when data is stored or managed in a single location like a dedicated server, data center or cloud based platform
Why are servers important?
They play a crucial role in managing applications and data storage by acting as a central hub providing computing resources or process requests.
What are some examples of server types?
Application server -Hosts apps making them accessible over a network
Process Server - When users interact with an app, the server processes the request and delivers the response.
