--Originally published at Python
This week I went to Ken’s office to talk and get an explanation on servers. I had an idea of what I could use them for and how, but after his explanation, I now understand why they are so good and how much they can benefit all of us. Turns out the Tec can provide us servers to run and test programs. All we need to do is go with Ken to get it set up.
You might be wondering, what would I want a server? What will it help me for if I can do everything in my computer with no problem? Well, this server is for heavier use. You might not need it right now, but eventually you might want to consider setting one up. When we get to more advanced semesters, we will need to run programs that will take a very long time. Some might even take one complete day or even more. So instead of walking throughout the entire campus with your computer open so that the process isn’t interrupted, you could run the program in the server. This will make life so much easier since you can exit, close your computer, etc. and the program will keep running until it’s done. Once it’s done you can enter the server once again and you will have your results. I highly encourage you to investigate more on this. Maybe not now, but eventually you will need this if you want to avoid some of the stress that the Tec will happily provide to us.
This video might help you get a better understanding on how these servers work
