Case Project 2-1: Adding a Server to Your Network Your client, Cool Gadgets, has

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Case Project 2-1: Adding a Server to Your Network

Your client, Cool Gadgets, has been running Windows Server 2008 32-bit Standard Edition, which you installed about six months ago. Cool Gadgets is running the Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, IIS, and File Services roles. The number of computer clients has grown from 25 to 50 in the past six months, and additional growth is expected. Cool Gadgets just purchased an expensive material requirements planning (MRP) system to help manage production. This application has hefty memory (4 GB or more) and CPU requirements (recommended 2.0 GHz dual-core processor). All desktop computers will have the MRP client application installed. The owner doesn’t want to install the MRP client application on mobile users’ laptops, so a remote solution is needed for these systems. The owner also mentions that he’s familiar with this application and will need to log on to the server periodically to do maintenance and monitoring.

The owner tells you that in the future, Cool Gadgets might need system fault tolerance to ensure that there’s little or no downtime because this critical application will eventually be accessed at all times of the day and night. For now, he’s just concerned about getting the system up and running. You check the existing server’s capacity and determine that the new application’s memory and disk requirements will likely exceed the existing server’s 4 GB capabilities. The owner explains that there’s enough budget for a new server, so you should plan for growth. As an aside, he mentions that because all his employees log on at about the same time, the time it takes to log on has been increasing. You need to come up with specifications for a new server. Describe some hardware features you will recommend for this new server, in particular the CPU architecture, number of processors, amount of RAM, and disk system. Explain your answers.
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First step is to read the users guide and familiarize yourself with the new card. Power down PC and remove the AC power cord. Open the computer case. Find an available Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot on the motherboard and remove slot insert if one exists. Carefully remove the network card from its static-proof plastic envelope, and slide it into the slot. Seat the card in the slot firmly with gentle pressure along the length of the card, especially right about the slot itself. Snugly, screw the card to the computer frame, but do not over tighten. Close the computer case. Plug your computer in and power it up.

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