Title: Analyze current and emerging specialized server hardware.
Course: Computer Network Software Operations (10109-I) > Section: Introducing Basic Server Systems Concepts

Analysis should include

- uses
- characteristics
- role in the network environment
- cost-benefit analysis
- hardware specifications (e.g., redundant array of independent disks [RAID], hot-swappable devices)
- importance of system requirements (e.g., symmetric multiprocessing [SMP], Small Computer System Interface [SCSI] storage, random-access memory [RAM], or CPU).