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Server Hardware Dedicated/Cloud Business Device Specifications Requirements

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Dedicated/Cloud Business Device Specifications Requirements Server Needs Considerations: Number of users Size of Databases Growth Rate Operating System Requirements Budget Operating System Windows 2016 Enterprise Edition Processor A quad and up-to a 8 core processor, i believe a quad core will be plenty for this business they are expected to grown within the next 5 years but not to an overwhelming size. larger companies typically have 8-16 core processors Storage As majority of applications will be stored on the staff machines themselves the storage needs for the servers are surprisingly low. How ever it is still recommended that the storage device that you invest in has a high disk speed. a separate storage device is recommended which will run SQL log, temp files and data. 1 x Storage device with 500GBs dedicated to SQL log, temp files and data. 1 x Storage  device with 1 terabyte dedicated to the server overall excluding log, temp files and da...
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Defining Network Requirements

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 Discussion meetings carried out amoungst the team, w/e 3.4.20 Specific requirements of business users: Developing naming conventions:      There4travel naming structure:
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Blog 4 Homework Answer

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Q: A company has a 190.240.0.0/16 block. They now want to re-organise it into large blocks. They wish to have subnets that can handle at least 1000 hosts each. You can substitute into the formulae 2 S >= subnets required and 2 H -2 >= hosts required - to determine the number of bits required. Please calculate: S = bits used for subnetting H= bits used for the number of hosts in each subnet Also, please calculate the following for the second subnet: subnet mask subnet address first usable address in that subnet last usable address in that subnet broadcast address of that subnet A: Network currently first two octets 16 bits: 11111111.11111111. Host second two octets 16 bits: 00000000.00000000 Subnet = 255.255.0.0 In order to provide a minimum of 1000 hosts per subnet we need to retain 10 host bits of the current 16 - 2 to the power of 10 = 1024 minus 2, 1 for network and 1 for broadcast leaves 1022. We now have 6 bits of the thrid octet that ...
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User & Network Requirements - Specification

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Requirements - Specification    
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Understanding business users profiles

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Understanding business users profiles The proposed network must support the users in achieving their goals and supporting the organisation in providing a competitive service to its customers. In order to properly understand the needs the context of the users work needs to be determined. There are two requirements we must understand: - The functional requirements which tell us what the system must do - The non-functional requirements which places constraints on the system  Steps taken to determine requirements: 1. Identifying the business users 2. Establishing users needs  3. Categorizing requirements       The above analysis makes the assumption that laptops will be provided to all employees. This offers flexibility in terms of: - Portability  - Hot desking - Remote working - Flexible work options - Collaborative working  - Presentations and meetings - Run off batteries - Reduce desktop clutter and wires - Can be transforme...
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Firewall & Anti-Virus Software

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Firewall and Anti Virus Options Total AV Services Provided Anti-Malware Real-Time Antivirus -This blocks threats in real-time as the threat is encountered Spyware removal Adware Cleaner -This removes unwanted ads which aggressively pop up Anti-Ransomware -Helps to avoid becoming the victim of attacks which encrypt the users files and blackmail or demand a ransom Data Breach Search - Username/Email & Password data breach protection Advanced WebShield -Blocks websites which try to leach your personal information 100% compatibility -Use this anti virus on your desktop computer, laptop smartphone and tablet Cons Currently this anti-virus does not have options for server support Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Defender ATP uses the following combination of technology built into Windows 10 and Microsoft's robust cloud service: Endpoint behavioral sensors : Embedded in Windows 10, these sensors collect and process b...
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Understanding Subnetting

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In order to work out the Subnet address  you will need for your local networks you will need two things:  1) your IP address eg:192.168.1.0 2) The Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 If we had a look at the Subnet mask we can see that the network has 3 place holders, which works out to be 8 bits long or  1 octet.  first step we convert both address into their binary form.  The blue  numbers represent the octets dedicated to the network while the orange numbers are put aside for the host machines.  In order to see the subnet address we use an action called the bitwise AND. This works by dropping all the 1's that have both a 1 in the IP address and Subnet mask. This calculation will give us network address : 11000000.10101000.00000001.00000000 or                                                    ...
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