Why is a server farm called a farm?

A server farm is a set of many servers interconnected together and housed within the same physical facility. A server farm provides the combined computing power of many servers by simultaneously executing one or more applications or services.

What is a core switch?

A core switch is the network switch installed at the backbone of the layered or hierarchy network. These data switches are responsible for routing and data switching at the core layer of the network.

Where are Google’s server farms?

The largest known centers are located in The Dalles, Oregon; Atlanta, Georgia; Reston, Virginia; Lenoir, North Carolina; and Moncks Corner, South Carolina. In Europe, the largest known centers are in Eemshaven and Groningen in the Netherlands and Mons, Belgium.

What is Tor switch?

Tor switch is a new generation of multi-service High Performance Ethernet switch based on domestic CPU and domestic switch chip. L2/L3 layer switch service can provide high performance L2/L3 layer switch service from chip to hardware to software, which is safe, controllable, stable and reliable.

What are Nexus switches?

The Cisco Nexus series switches are modular and fixed port network switches designed for the data center. Cisco Systems introduced the Nexus Series of switches on January 28, 2008.

Can I rent out servers?

You can rent out whole physical server or you can use Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi or KVM virtualization and create one or more virtual private servers with desired CPU, RAM and HDD configuration.

What is an internet server farm?

This implies that users accessing the server farms primarily are located somewhere on the Internet and use the Internet to reach the server farm. Internet server farms are then available to the Internet community at large and support business-to-consumer services. Typically, internal users also have access to the Internet server farms.

What are the components of a server farm?

The computers, routers, power supplies and related electronics are typically mounted on 19-inch racks in a server room or data center. Web hosting is a common use of a server farm; such a system is sometimes collectively referred to as a web server farm.

What is the difference between a server farm and data center?

If the sole purpose of the Data Center is to support Internet-facing applications and server farms, the Data Center is referred to as an Internet Data Center. Server farms are at the heart of the Data Center. In fact, Data Centers are built to support at least one type of server farm.

Does the architecture of the server farm change when designing?

The architecture of the server farm does not change whether you are designing Internet or intranet server farms. The design guidelines apply equally to all types of server farms, yet the specifics of the design are dictated by the application environment requirements.