Types of Servers
⦁ Database servers
⦁ File servers
⦁ Mail servers
⦁ Web servers
⦁ Game servers
⦁ Application servers
Database servers
Clients send SQL (Structured Query Language) requests to database servers as messages, and the server responds to the query with results that are sent over the network. Instead of passing all the records back to a client and allowing it find its own data, as was the case with a file server, the code that processes the SQL request and the data is located on the server, enabling it to use own processing power to find the needed data.
File server
With a file server, request for computer network files or file records are forwarded to the file server a computer network client. This type of computer network data service uses a lot of bandwidth and can significantly slow down a computer network with many users. Users can share resources, such as data files and peripheral devices, in traditional LAN, computing by moving those resources from isolated PCUs onto a Networked File Server (NFS).
Mail server
SMTP, or “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol,” is the standard protocol used by email servers. Newer mail servers may work on multiple protocols, although SMTP continues to be the most popular one. Mail services are run by a server for email. These servers, by themselves, simply receive emails from client and pass the information server. Some information, such as web layout is typically lost in email exchanges because data is simplified when transferred through SMTP. The common pairing of email servers with web servers in current architecture. This enables users to access a “web client” that visually
Displays the data on a web page. Some more recent web applications can even imitate a desktop email client without requiring any installation.
Web server
A web server is a computer application that uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to transport (serve) material across the World Wide Web. The computer or virtual machine that is running the program is also referred to as a web server. A server computer running a Web server can be rack-mounted in a server rack or cabinet with other servers to run a web farm in big commercial deployments.
Game server
When playing multiplayer games, you as a player want to have as much control and customization over your gaming environment as you can. You can accomplish that by using a dedicated gaming server. Having remote gaming servers that can gives you crucial statistics and information about your players is unquestionably advantageous as a developer.
