Enabling Technologies 2. Its distinction from central computing is that processing is split between a client's PC or workstation and a server.
Servers support a number of applications and perform a variety of specialized services.
Major categories of servers used at FDIC include application servers, Windows NT servers, and communications servers. These servers are characterized by their high-performance hardware and operating system platforms, and large storage capacities. These multi-processor systems have fault tolerant capabilities and are able to execute concurrent applications, and thus provide faster response time to user requests. Virginia Square Server Room Windows NT servers are mostly high performance Hewlett Packard LD and LX Series machines, configured with the ARCserve Enterprise Edition 6.0 system backup and restore management system. The specifics associated with FDIC's servers vary across the Corporation.