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Types of Servers

A frequently asked question by IT people is how many roles servers can play. I think I can name up to 27 types:

In networking roles : Gateway, Router, Bridge, Firewall, Prxoy, Reverse Proxy, DHCP server and WINS server.

Application roles : Groupware Server, Database Server, File and Printr Server, Fax Server, Mail Server, FTP server, Web Server, Video Server, VPN Server, Remote Access Server (RAS), Current Version Server (CVS), DNS Server, IRC Server, LDAP Server, NTP Server, NFS Server, NIS Server, List Server and News Server.

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