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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Section 1: System Architecture
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Section 2: Administration
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Section 3: Security
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Section 4: Troubleshooting
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  • Fault tolerance: Strategy to retain all in-process data and operations in the event of a component or system failure.
  • Fibre Channel (FC): A communication protocol that's used in data centers and server farms.
  • Field-replaceable unit (FRU): The components that only a qualified field service representative should remove and replace.
  • File integrity: This means that data and program files have not been the target of an attack and modified in any way by an unauthorized person or function.
  • File server: Provides data resources to other nodes on a network.
  • File system: An organizing system for structuring data on secondary storage.
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
  • Form factor: Establishes the dimensions, shape, and other physical characteristics of a computer's hardware.
  • Frontend server: Client host or application server requesting data from a database.
  • Front-side bus ...