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Servers tend to last longer than laptops and desktop computers. Server hardware is built to take a lot of punishment. Servers come preloaded with redundant devices so they don’t need to go offline as often as workstations would. Servers are generally noisy and consume a lot of power. Servers require additional air conditioning and cost more because they do more. Most servers share basic configuration characteristics:
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See Chapter 8 for more detailed information on virtualization.
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Kralicek, E. (2016). Server Hardware Strategy. In: The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1817-4_7
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