Question

what are the technologies that used in server computers to improve reliability, availability, and performance. please provide the source

Answer 1

The technologies for improving a server will depends on the context in which the server is used for, the operating system, the networking technology etc.

The following technologies will improve the the reliability, performance, availability of a server.

• Use of high performance and high reliable hard drives.
• Use SSD which have a high writing level like server grade SSDs.
• Multiple prevalent power supplies for an uninterrupted power.
• Multiple CPU sockets for functions like shutting down CPU's that are malfunctioning.
• Use of chassis that have high cooling compound and supports large amount of Storage and RAM.
• Hot swapping of failed or malfunctioning hard drives without any downtime or data loss.
• If using windows server for a non windows only software then switch to a linux server because linux have better performance and are less buggy.
• Automatic Backup for backing up data at an interval on an incremental way without interrupting working of server.
• Technology for temperature monitoring and alerting.
• Redundant connections.
• Use error correction code(ECC) ram which supports sockets for a large number of ram and detailed report on errors.
• Using a cache server so data for frequent requests can be stored for a faster serve.