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.
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server “farm” administration
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.
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