The CTO informed you that the board of executives showed great interest in building a new network based on the work you did throughout the weeks. They need a proposal to proceed.
Provide seven to ten page essay proposing the Systems Architecture for a new network of 500 users where the headquarters are located in Denver, CO with 4 branches located across the 4 US coasts. The type of business is not important and you may feel free to make up one.
Paper should conform to the APA style and hence will be longer because, of course, you will include a title page, abstract, table of contents, and a references page in addition to the actual content pages required.
Requirements:
Minimum topics to cover:
1-What type of OS to use along with the file system and why is this architecture is better than others? Will you use the same OS for servers and Desktops? Will your file system of choice provide security?
2-What type of processor types will you choose for the desktops, the servers, and why?
3-Will the system be based cluster architecture for the servers and databases?
4-What type of data backup should the company use, will RAID be used, or is local backups enough?
5-Is there a need for a network to be built for connecting the servers and users, will data go across the WAN or will it stay local to the LAN? What protocols should be used if any?
6-Will you opt to architect the server for high availability? Why yes or no?
7-A drawing of the network you propose is a plus and highly desired, it can be created in Visio, or any drawing tool, copied and pasted into the proposal. The drawing should not be detailed but should depict the various locations and what would be placed in them. As an ex a square titled Desktops-300 would signify 300 desktops.