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A server is a hardware or software device that provides resources to clients based on a client-server model. Servers operate in groups called data centers which require diligent control of environments like temperature due to the large amount of heat servers produce together. Server technology has advanced to virtualization, allowing multiple servers to operate on a single physical device through hypervisors.

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Server

A server is a hardware or software device that provides resources to clients based on a client-server model. Servers operate in groups called data centers which require diligent control of environments like temperature due to the large amount of heat servers produce together. Server technology has advanced to virtualization, allowing multiple servers to operate on a single physical device through hypervisors.

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Published Jul 26, 2021•Updated Oct 26, 2022

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A server is a hardware or software device used to provide resources to clients


or requesting applications. Servers run on an architecture for fulfilling requests
called the “Client-Server Model”, which works by the client asking the server
for specific data in an agreed upon format and the server readying and
providing the data.

The internet largely runs based on this client-server model. The term server is
broad enough to encompass the myriad of specific servers that can be found
today such as web servers, game servers, email servers, and proxy servers to
name a few.

Data Centers
Large groups of servers can be referred to as data centers. As data center level
scale, maintenance of servers requires diligent control of physical
environments such as the temperature of locations housing servers,
redundancy, etc. Cooling servers is very important at data center level server
scale because servers emit heat (especially in close proximity to one another)
and therefore need to be cooled down with fans and temperature control
measures like air conditioning which at scale can be quite substantial in terms
of resources.
Virtualization and Beyond
In the early days of computing, a single server could be used to provide data
to a client resource. Things developed naturally so that a single server could
serve several clients and one client could communicate with several servers.
These days server technology has advanced so that multiple servers can be
placed on a single physical servers using hypervisors. The ability to host
multiple servers on a single device is known as virtualization, and has led to
exponential leaps in computing power, and efficiency in application
deployment.

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