Question

Difference between application server and database server

Answer 1

Well there are 3 types of servers :-

Web Server -

Server on which your website is hosted. This server will have installed web servers such as IIS, apache, etc.

Application Server -

Server on which your created applications which are utilizing your database, web service, etc. This application server will host business layer (wrapped with web services), scheduled jobs, windows services, etc.

Database Server -

Database server will have your one or more database hosted such as Oracle, Sql Server, MySql, etc.

Answer 2

there is also web server