Case Projects on Chapter 1

1. XYZ Corporation currently employs eight people but plans to hire 10 more in the next four months. Users will work on multiple projects, and only those users assigned to any one project should have access to the project files. You're instructed to set up the network to make it easy to manage and back up. Would you choose a peer-to-peer, a server-based, or a combination network? Why?
Answer: I would choose a server-based network so that all the clients can easily access the server where they can share there files. Unlike the peer-to-peer network, where those who are not allowed to access the project files can still access it.
2. Widgets, Inc., hired you as a productivity consultant. Currently, they employ six people who routinely exchange information via sneakernet. They want the cheapest possible solution and only minimal training for employees. Individual employees also must be able to control resources on their own machines. Would you choose a peer-to-peer, a server-based, or a combination network? Why?
Answer: I would choose peer-to-peer network so that the employees can easily share there training lessons to each other and by this network, they can have comtrol on there own machines.
3. American Tool and Die operates two machine shops, one in Towson, Maryland, and the other in Beltsville, Maryland. The company wants the two locations to share a single databse, so that managers at each facility can exchange work orders and monitor inventory on demand. Individual users need some control over individual resources, but they also want network faxing and dial-in services at each location. Would you choose a peer-to-peer, a server-based, or a combination network? Why?
Answer: I would choose a combination network, peer-to-peer network for the control of individual users of their individual resources and the server-based for the sharing of files.
4. What kind of specialized servers do you need to install at American Tool and Diet based on the information presented in the previous Case Project?
Answer: Application servers, communication servers, fax servers, web servers