server farms
Mass computing facilities
A server farm is a facility housing many computer servers, typically rows of machines in climate-controlled buildings that power websites, cloud services, and data storage.
The agricultural metaphor suggests cultivation at scale—companies harvest computing power the way farmers harvest crops.
Also called data centers.
Tech giants operate massive server farms across the globe.
Facilities storing networked computers
- colocationShared hosting facility
- cooling systemsMechanisms that dissipate heat
- backup generatorsSecondary power supply equipment
- power supplyElectrical energy delivery device
fire suppression · environmental control · cabling · redundancy · uptime · downtime · energy consumption · maintenance
Data-handling circuits
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- databasesOrganized electronic information collections
virtualization · load balancing · scalability · bandwidth · latency · memory · cluster · parallel processing
Ongoing observation of something
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
disaster recovery · backup · capacity planning · system administration · NOC · alerting · logging
Cloud computing platform
- AzureMicrosoft cloud computing service
- SaaSRemotely hosted software access
- hostingReceiving guests socially
- microservicesDecomposed application architecture
orchestration · provisioning · deployment · automation · CDN · APIs · containerization · Docker
data centers
Facilities storing networked computers
- colocationShared hosting facility
- cooling systemsMechanisms that dissipate heat
- backup generatorsSecondary power supply equipment
power supply · fire suppression · environmental control · cabling · redundancy · uptime · downtime · energy consumption · maintenance · security systems
processors
Data-handling circuits
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
databases · virtualization · load balancing · scalability · bandwidth · latency · memory · cluster · parallel processing · CPU cores
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- availabilityState of being obtainable
failover · disaster recovery · backup · capacity planning · system administration · NOC · alerting · logging
AWS
Cloud computing platform
- AzureMicrosoft cloud computing service
- SaaSRemotely hosted software access
- hostingReceiving guests socially
microservices · orchestration · provisioning · deployment · automation · CDN · APIs · containerization · Docker · serverless
- global networksinternet, telecommunications, satellites, undersea cables, fiber optics
- data storagehard drive, hard drives, backup, gigabyte, flash drives
- internet infrastructurebroadband, fiber optics, ISPs, data centers, undersea cables
- smart systemssmart home, smart grid, neural networks, smart meters, smart thermostat
- telecom equipmentrouters, modems, switches, antennas, cables
- IT operationssysadmin, reboot, install, database, uninstall
server farmspersonal computers
Individual-use computing devices
laptop · home computer · microcomputer · embedded system · smartphone
server farmsfiling cabinets
Furniture for organized documents
ledger books · analog systems · pen and paper · card catalogs · abacus
farm, serve, service, farming, farmer, reserve, serving, servant, served