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Servers
Application Servers
It delivers a better environment for dealing with all internal and external components as well as running services such as synchronous and asynchronous client notifications and session management.
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An application server provides web pages or application content that is dynamic or allows complex user interactions.
[Features] Application server exposes business logic to the clients, which generates dynamic content.
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Web Servers
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Apache, Nglinx and Lighttpd are examp[les of open-sourced web servers.
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Application Servers
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Web servers arrange the run environment for web applications. While application servers arrange the run environment for enterprise applications.
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In web servers, multi-threading is not supported. While in an application server, multithreading is supported.
The web server’s capacity is lower than the application server’s. While the application server’s capacity is higher than a web server.
In the web servers, HTML and HTTP protocols are used. While in this, GUI, as well as HTTP and RPC/RMI protocols, are used.
Web Server only encompasses web container only. While the application server encompasses the Web container as well as the EJB container.
Key required features of an application server include data redundancy, high availability, load balancing, user management, data/application security, and a centralized management interface.
Web Servers
The main job of a web server is to display website content through storing, processing and delivering webpages to users
Dynamic servers are sending out different information to users based on interest, cookies, preferences and etc. Good example of this would be Amazon. However static servers send the exact same information to the user. Good example of this is Apple.
A web server is a computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP ( The network protocol created to distribute web content)