Networking – Step 1 Part B
So the VM discussion comes down to cost, requirements and features. For this situation I was strapped with a budget of $0 for this portion. Since all three vendors have a free version that didn’t make the decision. With the budget restriction I knew that I’d be dealing with older hardware – that took Citrix [...]
Network – Step 1 Part A
Having worked with Windows for many years I know the plight of a system failure. Even with a good backup the downtime and system “tweaking” to make everything happy again can be very difficult, time consuming and more than a little disconcerting. So the I made the decision to utilize a “virtual” environment. With this [...]
Network – Step 1
Any good networking project starts with planning. This is what I do for a living and I’ve seen many an engineer jump into a project without a well developed plan. While not fatal the lack of a plan will cause a lot of headaches down the road. Step 1Requirements gathering. In this case we had [...]
Network
I recently had the opportunity to build a network for a small church – of course on a budget. So what was the budget? First the requirements: Windows 2008 R2 Domain controller 3 Windows XP Professional Workstations 15 network drops cabled throughout the building and of course, a backup solution Oh yes, the budget . [...]