High availability, Extensive internet and web services, Highlighting individual services – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual
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Chapter 1
High Availability
To maximize server availability, Mac OS X Server includes technology for monitoring server
activity, monitoring and reclaiming disk space, automatically restarting malfunctioning
services, and automatically restarting the server following a power failure.
You can also configure IP failover. IP failover is a way to set up a standby server that will take
over if the primary server fails. The standby server takes over the IP address of the failed
server, which takes the IP address back when it is online again. IP failover is useful for DNS
servers, Web servers hosting Web sites, media broadcast servers, and other servers that
require minimal data replication.
Extensive Internet and Web Services
Powerful Internet and Web services are built into Mac OS X Server:
m Apache, the most popular Web server, provides reliable, high-performance Web content
delivery. Integrated into Apache is Web-Based Distributed Authoring and Versioning
( WebDAV ), which simplifies the Web publishing and content management environment.
m If your Web sites contain static HTML files that are frequently requested, you can enable a
performance cache to improve server performance.
m Web services include a comprehensive assortment of open-source services—Ruby,
Tomcat, MySQL, PHP, and Perl.
m Mac OS X Server includes a high-performance Java virtual machine.
m SSL support enables secure encryption and authentication for ecommerce Web sites and
confidential materials.
m QuickTime Streaming Server (QTSS) lets you stream both live and stored multimedia
content on the Internet using industry-standard protocols.
m Mail service lets you set up a mail server your network users can use to send and receive
email.
m WebMail service bundled with Mac OS X Server enables your users to access mail service
via a Web browser.
Highlighting Individual Services
This section highlights individual Mac OS X Server services and tells you where in this guide
to find more information about them.