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Subject: Re: Just what makes a "server" computer unique?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 15:37:25 06/03/02

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On June 03, 2002 at 15:30:25, J. C. Boco wrote:

>On  www.hotdealsclub.com  I learned that there is a server for sale for $2000.
>No, I'm not interested in buying it, but it has resurfaced a question I have had
>for some time now.
>
>Just what makes a computer built for a server different from a regular computer?
> Is there a reason why server-computers seem to cost less then regular ones (my
>observation based mostly on cursory comparisons between processor speeds and
>RAM)?  Why do computer manufacturers go out of their way to maintain a server
>line of computers?

What makes a machine a server is how it is used. Virtually any machine can
function as a server.

The feature set is likely to be different from an "ordinary" machine, because it
*is* used differently, but this is not mandatory. Even a PDA could be made to
function as a server.




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