"Fault Tolerance”--------"Database Deployment Factors”---------"Managing Corporate Files”

"Fault Tolerance” Please respond to the following:

•Identify one (1) server or service commonly found within an organization (i.e., Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, Web services, database services, mail services, file services, etc.). Assess the degree to which an organization would be affected by a failure of the identified server. Speculate on the person(s) or department(s) that would be affected.

•Create a list of at least three (3) specific items that can cause a server to fail. Suggest one (1) approach to remediate each type of failure you have listed

"Database Deployment Factors” Please respond to the following:

•Imagine that you are a System Administrator who is helping a customer deploy a new database for their customer service department. Suggest the three (3) most important factors regarding the functionality and usability of the database that must be understood and communicated before you can design and deploy the customer’s database (i.e., size of the database, etc.). Justify the importance of your selected factors.

•Suppose that you learn that the customer from the first part of this discussion is unsure as to whether the database is going to run only during normal business hours or whether it needs to run 24 hours / 7 days a week. Assess the importance of knowing this piece of information prior to deploying the database. Use examples when necessary to support your response.

"Managing Corporate Files” Please respond to the following:

•Imagine you are an administrator for a large organization which participates in the competitive widget market. Identify the types of documents that your organization will use. Assess the importance of protecting your organization’s HR, legal, administrative, etc. documents. Determine the method or tools you would use to classify the documents, and the approach you would use to protect the documents. Justify your suggestions.

•Suppose the same large organization mentioned above consisted of several large sites and many smaller sites connected with WAN links (versus the often faster LAN option). Due to this structure you have multiple repositories that must be accessed from multiple sites. Speculate on the possible challenges that you believe users will encounter when accessing the various repositories. Suggest the key ways to mitigate these challenges.