What is Non-dedicated and Dedicated Server?

Server can be of two types:

1. Non-dedicated server
2. Dedicated server

Non-dedicated server: 

• A computer that allows to use itself as workstation and provides facilities of sharing its resources to other computers in the network is non-dedicated server.  Windows NT, Advanced 2000 servers are examples of non-dedicated servers.

Dedicated server:

• A computer that is reserved for server's job and its only job is to help workstations to access data, software, and hardware resources are dedicated server. It does not allow a user to use it as workstation. It functions only as a storage area for data and software and allows access to hardware resources. Novell Netware server is an example of dedicated server.

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