Back as far as the 1950′s mainframes were being used- what would later be known as dedicated servers. These servers would run critical processing tasks like data manipulation. We only have to go as far back as the 1990′s when the same setups were being used. But with the development of the web and other network services, the term dedicated server became more common. And with that, dedicated server hosting has became what we have right now we as we speak.
A dedicated servers workload isn’t that different to what it was in the beginning. In the 90′s dedicated servers were used for email and file storage A huge trend shift in demand meant that from then on there was need for website hosting, databases, DNS and mail. You can be sure over the years, the demand for dedicated server hosting will change again. Just look at how Google has changed business and server hosting.
Operating systems used on server hosting have also changed and adapted with the times. However has always been a much more diverse area unlike with desktops. Windows is favoured less than Linux as Linux is considered right or wrongly to be more secure. The majority of Linux operating systems are free, although some premium versions are paid.
Server hardware and desktop hardware have been developed at the same rate. If you needed multiple CPU’s you would need a mother board that supported multiple CPUs and have the money to fill them. These days multiple CPU cores are supported on a single CPU. However most do not need this with the introduction of dual and quad core CPUs. Soon we wil see the 6 core and 8 core CPU’s.
Over time the demand for RAM has grown. Back in the day you could count the megabytes on your fingers. You wouldn’t be able to count the number of gigabytes on your hand these days. The type of RAM servers use has always been different normally including features for error correcting and buffering to make certain recurrent accessing features quicker.
Generally speaking, whatever hardware is being used for server hosting now, will appear on your average desktop in around a year and a half.
What’s next for the dedicated server on the web? You can bet the hardware will be infinitely faster. Where server hardware goes depends really, on the next big phase. Look at how Facebook changed the way the internet worked. The next big websites will most likely shape the way server hosting evolves.
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