The Evolution of Server Infrastructure
No matter AI or cloud center, they’re all built on a basic infrastructure: the server. In the past, server was merely one multitask computer with specialized hardware like motherboards with multiple memory or CPU slot, great expandability with large amount of storage units and high durability.
However, when the tasks became complex and the surging request of data storage and computation ability, one big, cumbersome computer no longer satisfied the need. People started to search for adroit solution. The huge computers were divided into several functional units.
The rack severs and blade severs were developed as new standard. Under the new standard and instructions, the server could easily be scaled and configured. The new standards brought the flexibility. It was when the server started to diverse into several subtypes based on their tasks: storage servers, computing servers, multi-Node servers…etc.