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Multimedia University of Kenya CIT BCT 2303 Discuss types of servers in ecommerce websites File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers are responsible for transferring data files from the server to a computer and vice versa. Proxy servers connect between a client and an external server. Gaming servers connect gamers around the world to external se ...[Show More]

Multimedia University of Kenya
CIT BCT 2303
Discuss types of servers in ecommerce websites

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers are responsible for transferring data files from

the server to a computer and vice versa.

Proxy servers connect between a client and an external server.

Gaming servers connect gamers around the world to external servers for access to a

game. Any online gaming community such as Xbox Live or Playstation Network are

these types of servers.

Web servers hold website files and are responsible for displaying websites in a

browser. Everytime you go to a new website page a web server is responsible for

making that happen.

Application Servers share the territory between database servers and end users.

Virtual Private Server (VPS) Virtual private servers share one physical server but act

like multiple, separate servers. A VPS is a stepping stone between shared hosting and

getting your own dedicated machine. Even though each VPS instance shares hardware

resources, they are allocated a dedicated slice of the computing resources.

Dedicated Web SERVER When you have a dedicated server, it means you are

renting one physical server from a hosting company. You can have full control

if you want it.

With a dedicated server, you don't have to worry about other websites on a

shared server taking up your resources and slowing your website down.

A dedicated server is generally the highest level of server you would need if

your online business grows into a presence that is getting a lot of website

traffic.

Lighttpd is also a free web server that is distributed with the FreeBSD operating

system. This open source web server is fast, secure and consumes much less CPU

power. Lighttpd can also run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris operating

systems.

Sun Java System Web Server This web server from Sun Microsystems is suited for

medium and large websites. Though the server is free it is not open source. It

however, runs on Windows, Linux and Unix platforms. The Sun Java System web

server supports various languages, scripts and technologies required for Web 2.0 such

as JSP, Java Servlets, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails, ASP and Coldfusion etc.

Apache HTTP Server This is the most popular web server in the world developed by

the Apache Software Foundation. Apache web server is an open source software and

can be installed on almost all operating systems including Linux, Unix, Windows,

FreeBSD, Mac OS X and more. About 60% of the web server machines run the

Apache Web Server