What is the difference between an Appliance and a Server

[djwest]

What is the difference between an Appliance and a Server in accordance to a CI Classification ( CI Class )?

[sachin_namjoshi]

Hi Donna,

Below post may be helpful to you.

How are you handling "Appliances" in your CMDB?

Regards,

Sachin

[andrewpilachows]

Where I work, we usually say managed Windows or Linux boxes/VMs that we install applications on ourselves are servers.   Anything that comes embedded, or already pre-configured with the application from the vendor is an applicance, whether it runs Windows or Linux and even if we are given an OS login.   Appliances are usually patched/updated through the vendor, OS or application.   Also for us, we typically do not domain join appliances, but the application may be able to utilize LDAP for administration.

[djwest]

Thank you Andrew this clears it for me.

Donna West

Security Infrastructure