Hardware and Software

 A web server includes software and hardware that uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and other protocols to act in response to client requests made over the World Wide Web.

A web server shows website content through storing, processing and delivering web pages to users.

Meaning of Hardware Servers:

A hardware server stores the website data and delivers it to the users when they as for it. These big computers are housed in datacenters. Planning for hardware is made keeping in view the requirements. 

For a very small company, a single computer can control the HTTP server along with an FTP server for file downloads an SMTP server for e-mail and other Internet-related functions.

For a large company that has multiple locations and has cross-border businesses, every service runs in one or more dedicated servers, and a gigantic website requires hundreds of servers to switch through Web hosting and cloud computing.

The three main hardware components to consider when selecting a web server are the CPU or processor, memory (RAM) and hard drive (storage).

Other factors need consideration is bandwidth, security, support, reliability, backups and other issues that help the server to run efficiently.

Hardware used in Web Servers:

A static web server has a computer (hardware) with an HTTP server (software). A dynamic web server has a static web server plus extra software, most frequently an application server and a database. 

Web server software allows computers to act as web servers. The first web servers supported only static files, such as HTML (and images) but now they commonly allow embedding of server side applications.

Web servers also get embedded in devices like printers routers, webcams and serving only a local network. The HTTP server understand. URLs and the protocel a user browser uses to view web pages.

Web Stone, a benchmarking software, measures performance on various types of Web pages such as HTML, Common Gateway Interface protocol and Application Programming Interface. Features of Web Server Software.

The features of web server software are:

• Web Server can support enlarge data storage support, so it is capable to make multiple websites.

• Easy to configure log file set up, enabling where to hold all log files.

• It helps to control bandwidth to regulate network traffic, so due to this it can avoid the down time while flowing high volume web traffic.

• Easy to make FTP websites, because it helps to move enlarge files from one site to other site.

• Easy to set-up website configuration and directory security.

• Easy to make virtual directories, and then help to map them alongwith physical directories.

• Easy to set up of custom error pages configuration that means it helps to view user friendly error messages on your website, when your website is getting any issues like as 404 Error will be displayed if web pages do not presented.

• Can be specified default documents for example if any file has not specify with its name then default documents will be displayed

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