Servers

Many organisations that run a computer network, large or small will rely on a server. The functionality of these server machines is often integral to ensuring the stability of the network and if the server is turned off, or damaged in some way, by a virus for example, then this could cause the whole network to fail. As a result most organisations that rely on a computer network will put various measures in place to ensure that their server is not compromised.

Virus protection and various firewall software will be utilised to ensure that the server is protected against viruses, malware and threats from inside or outside the network. However, servers also need to protect against physical damage. For example, if a university is running a large computer network then a power cut on one area of the campus that causes the server to fail would then affect the network across the whole campus. In order to protect computer networks from this type of scenario specialist UPS batteries , which stands for uninterrupted power supply, will be installed, so if the mains electricity to the server should be cut off then the UPS batteries will continue to suppler power. These specialist UPS batteries can also protect the machine from being damaged in the event of a power surge.

The powerful servers used for vital applications, such as controlling military computers, will even highly extensive protective measures in place such as physically shielding and powerful encryptions to prevent unlawful access.