Differences Between Database Server & Archive Server

• hidayah

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  September 18, 2013 at 5:17 am

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  Hi, can anyone tell me the difference between database server & archive server?

  Once I heard that one is to store files and the other one is to store settings. But I am not sure which is which.

  Help needed here please.

• Gail Shaw

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  September 18, 2013 at 5:28 am

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  In what context?

  There isn't something specifically called an 'archive server'. You can have a database server that stores the archived portions of databases, a file server that stores archived files, but 'archive server' isn't really a specific role.

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