ALSO CALLED: Appliance Servers, Computer Appliances, Computer Appliance, Computing Appliance, Computing Appliances, and Appliance Server DEFINITION: A branch office box (BOB) is a server appliance that has been optimized to provide distributed support for simple utility functions that are required locally but are difficult to provide over a WAN. When WAN connections are unreliable, a BOB may be used as part of a local business
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SERVER APPLIANCES DEFINITION (continued): … continuation solution. When WAN connections are reliable, a BOB may not be a cost-effective alternative to using protocol wrapping solutions (like MPLS) to address WAN latency. BOBs are usually optimized for the type of protocol traffic a business uses in most communication with a central office or data center. BOBs also are optimized for the type of persistent service that … Server Appliances definition sponsored by SearchNetworking.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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