CBT Nuggets | What are the Different Types of Servers? | Server Form Factors @cbtnuggets | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated June 07 2023
If you want a career in server administration or IT engineering, getting your hands dirty with actual equipment is one of the most important factors to career success. CBT Nuggets trainer Knox Hutchinson explains how to understand different features and components of various servers, so that you can identify server form factors and get the experience you need to start a career in IT.
Job interviewers are going to ask you about real-world skills and experience. The only way to acquire and develop those skills is with hands-on familiarity with equipment. You don’t need to spend a boatload of money, either. Plenty of inexpensive system hardware is available. eBay is one of the best places to find the necessary equipment you need to develop and hone IT skills.
This video is only one part of a bigger series that prepares students for a career in network administration by preparing them for the CompTIA Network+ certification. If what you heard here is helpful, consider watching the rest of Knox's course at CBT Nuggets: Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components.
0:00 – Introduction: the importance of hands-on experience with servers
1:20 – eBay: a great place to find server equipment for home labs and experimenting
2:15 – The cheap network equipment you should look for on eBay
2:30 – CompTIA is a vendor-neutral certification vendor, what that means for you
3:20 – Understanding the terminology and details of shopping for servers
4:00 – 1 Rack Unit (1U) is equal to 1.75 inches
4:20 – Knox grabs a server to show exactly how high 1U (rack unit) is
4:55 – The complicating factors of stacking multiple servers on top of one another
5:25 – Tower servers and why you might choose those instead
6:40 – Differentiating rack servers from tower servers by model/serial numbers
7:00 – Blade servers take less cabling and can be a more efficient way to use space
10:25 – Raspberry Pi can be a server, too!
11:35 – Outro: Server form factors of blade, tower and rack servers
Watch this entire Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components course: https://training.cbt.gg/z2w
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Check out Knox's other courses: https://www.cbtnuggets.com/trainers/knox-hutchinson
New IT Training releases: https://training.cbt.gg/x85
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If you want a career in server administration or IT engineering, getting your hands dirty with actual equipment is one of the most important factors to career success. CBT Nuggets trainer Knox Hutchinson explains how to understand different features and components of various servers, so that you can identify server form factors and get the experience you need to start a career in IT.
Job interviewers are going to ask you about real-world skills and experience. The only way to acquire and develop those skills is with hands-on familiarity with equipment. You don’t need to spend a boatload of money, either. Plenty of inexpensive system hardware is available. eBay is one of the best places to find the necessary equipment you need to develop and hone IT skills.
This video is only one part of a bigger series that prepares students for a career in network administration by preparing them for the CompTIA Network+ certification. If what you heard here is helpful, consider watching the rest of Knox's course at CBT Nuggets: Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components.
0:00 – Introduction: the importance of hands-on experience with servers
1:20 – eBay: a great place to find server equipment for home labs and experimenting
2:15 – The cheap network equipment you should look for on eBay
2:30 – CompTIA is a vendor-neutral certification vendor, what that means for you
3:20 – Understanding the terminology and details of shopping for servers
4:00 – 1 Rack Unit (1U) is equal to 1.75 inches
4:20 – Knox grabs a server to show exactly how high 1U (rack unit) is
4:55 – The complicating factors of stacking multiple servers on top of one another
5:25 – Tower servers and why you might choose those instead
6:40 – Differentiating rack servers from tower servers by model/serial numbers
7:00 – Blade servers take less cabling and can be a more efficient way to use space
10:25 – Raspberry Pi can be a server, too!
11:35 – Outro: Server form factors of blade, tower and rack servers
Watch this entire Installing and Managing Server Hardware Components course: https://training.cbt.gg/z2w
Not a CBT Nuggets subscriber? Start your free week: https://www.cbtnuggets.com/signup
Check out Knox's other courses: https://www.cbtnuggets.com/trainers/knox-hutchinson
New IT Training releases: https://training.cbt.gg/x85
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• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cbt-nuggets
#rackmountserver #bladeserver #raspberrypi #towerserver #servers #systemsengineering #networking #networkengineer #ittraining #cbtnuggets
