Systems Architecture and Database Applications Discusion

Part 1: Choosing the Right Operating System

• Describe the relative strengths and weakness of Windows .NET server, UNIX and Linux in each of the following scenarios. Which operating system would you recommend for each scenario?
• A small electrical supply wholesaler with 25 employees, 15 user workstations, and an application and services suite that includes basic accounting and inventory control functions, file and printer sharing, and a small Web site not used for e-commerce.
• An engineering design and consulting partnership with 25 employees, 15 user workstations, and a mix of applications and servicesthat includes basic accounting functions, bid preparation, computer-aided design and drafting, construction management, file and printer sharing, and a small Web site not used for e-commerce.
• A large catalog seller of musical equipment with hundreds of employees, three warehouses in New Jersey, St. Louis, and Portland, and a mix of applications and services that includes all accounting functions, catalog preparation and distribution, telephone and Web-based sales, and inventory control and logistics.

Part 2: Database Backup & Recovery

Directions: Please answer the question and support your ideas.

Natural and man-made disasters can completely destroy a database. Describe a disaster that would require database recovery and discuss your thoughts on preparing for and recovering from that disaster. You may use a disaster that you have read about in recent years, or you may describe a hypothetical, but possible, disaster. Please do not use the same disaster as another classmate.