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Web Service Providers
Mac OS X Server provides the full range of services you need if you host ecommerce
websites or provide other Internet services that require high availability and scalability.
You can configure Mac OS X Server computers for shared access by multiple users
and companies. The term server farm is sometimes used to describe a collection of
networked web servers that each has access to content on the same site and that
together provide services for a particular group of users; if one server fails, another can
act as its backup. Or you can dedicate servers for exclusive use by companies that don’t
want to host their own services.
• You can host many websites on a single server. You can host each site with its own IP
address (multihoming) or you can configure multiple sites with a single IP address
(virtual hosting).
• Mac OS X Server’s web service lets you set up Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection
for secure Internet connections.
• Mac OS X Server has built-in support for Perl, Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP).
The Internet
Mac OS X
Servers
Mac OS X Server “farm”
Web, FTP,
and QuickTime
streaming
services
Mac OS X Servers
WebDAV
service
Mac OS X Server
Mac OS X Server
Mac OS X computer for
server “farm” administration
Xserve RAID
QuickTime
Broadcaster
JBoss
Mail
service
Dedicated mail
and web services
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