Technological Underpinnings I:
Hardware
Scott Chapal,
Jones Ecological Research Center
Data and Information Management in the Ecological
Sciences
Scope
LAN Design Goals for Research Information Management
LAN Design Goals for System Administration
Automating Installations
LAN Design Goals for Cost/Benefit
Right-Sizing the Computer Infrastructure
The Virtual Storage Hierarchy
LAN Types
Workgroup LAN File and Print Sharing
Physical Network Topology: Star
PP Presentation
PP Presentation
Rationale for a Client/Server architecture
Server Functions
Client/Server continuum
Client/Server
Bandwidth and Bottleneck avoidance
PP Presentation
Repeaters, Bridges, Routers
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAID Levels
RAID Disk Sizing
RAID Hardware
Tape Drive Sales
Tape Characteristics
Plotters
Printers
Field Hardware and Remote Site Considerations
Multiplexer/Channel Bank
Fault Tolerance
LAN Reliability Needs Assessment
Budgetary Constraints
Resources
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to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
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