server infrastructure

Today server technology occupies a place in computing similar to that occupied by minicomputers in the past. As networks have grown and developed so have servers. The rise of corporate computer networks and the Internet have provided a very powerful impetus to the development of the server.

There are various server platforms now available to organisations ranging from stand alone servers through to rack or blade servers. Hardware vendors such as IBM, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard, have attempted to popularise the blade approach in recent years.

Blade servers are ideal for specific purposes such as web hosting and cluster computing. Individual blades are typically hot-swappable. However Blade servers are not the answer to every computing problem.

At Shift F7 we specialise in helping organisations develop the right IT infrastructure to support their business. Through the implementation of dedicated, high load, mission critical servers we can help organisations in ensuring they achieve the right level of performance, scalability and availability.