Architectural Designs

You are asked to design a network for the branch office of your company. You have to provide the list of hardw

Branch office will have 15 users, each user will initially have 2GB of data, office will also have a centralized library of 80GB to be accessed by everybody, usernames/passwords will need to be managed centrally, users must be able to log on to the network from any of the workstations and still see their data & settings, network will need connection to the active directory in the main office, users will be processing word & excel documents and browsing the internet. Data has to be backed up regularly. Users must be able to log on in case of server failure. You have to roll out the network, all computers will be located in 3 rooms, there will be server room approximately 30m from the user places. There is ADSL connection coming to the office building. You want to make sure that you can administer the network (server & router) remotely from the main office. Also you want to make sure that internet is accessible only to certain users and all http requests are logged. You are also told that the new office frequently has power spikes and outages, though they usually last no more than 1-2 minutes). Main office currently has active directory and Microsoft ISA 2004 server acting as firewall/proxy. Please specify the list of hardware (servers, workstations, storage, backup, network equipment, cabling etc) as well as software (operating systems, office software that you’ll put onto each machine, and server software for the servers). Specify technologies you’ll use and models you’ll choose and give valid yet concise explanation for your choices.

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