Network Server


Network server support for small business server network

A network server is basicaly a computer or device on a network that manages network traffic.

There are a lot of diferent types of network servers designed for business and personal uses, including FTP servers, Web servers and Proxy servers and then there is also Dedicated Servers that perform no tasks other than their dedicated server tasks.

The network server will process requests and deliver data to other computers on the Internet or over a local network for a small business server network or home server network. A server network can manage, store, process and send data 24 hrs a day, every single day of the week for 356 days a year and is designed to keep running at all times, even if there is a hardware failure or disruption to the power supply.

After starting out as a simple one man operation or small business with just one computer many offices expand very quickly requiring multipul computers as they grow and a server solution like Microsoft Exchange Server is then needed to manage the processing of there data.