What is the difference between the web server and app server in this example?
- I see it as the web-server is a stateless entity?
- the app server would be caching uploaded videos?
What is the difference between the web server and app server in this example?
Here is my understanding.
The simpler way to look at these 2 are: Web Server is frontend UI application. API Server is backend micro services. These 2 interact asynchronously. API Server will be responsible for all activities, like Queuing, deduping, caching all backend services.