Chapter 1

CASE PROJECT

1. XYZ C orporation 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?

I would choose a server-based network because it is manageable and it can access other computers easily.

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?

A server-based network is one of the best network for this situation since server-based can control every computer or clients under to it.