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Network design proposal The modern world has been revolutionized by the introduction of new and innovative technological measures. The new technology has changed the manner in which situations are handled, making things a lot easier. However, the new technology is also prone to crime; data on a person or a company can easily be stolen or hacked into by malicious individuals. Therefore, there is an increasing and a great need to make sure that the data existing in a company and the information of the employees and the people who are involved is protected using the best means and channels (Belaglazov et al, 2012). 1. Physical Network Design A. Network Topology Business needs The institution believes that the privacy and security of the data used by the staff and the school as a whole is important. The protection of data creates a cordial and safe environment for the students, staff and the management of the school. This is because each of the parties believes that they are safe and cannot experience cases of misplaced or lost data files (Benani et al, 2005). On the other hand, the institution believes that the protection of the files on management and the manner in which the institution is run will help them keep up with the pace and prevent their rivals from knowing the in organizational issues as the files will be well protected. Therefore, the institution is willing to invest in a data center where the relevant files and information about the school, employees, and the management are vest kept. The data center will act as the place where the institutions technological headquarters will be based. The idea of the

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data center will install privacy and respect among the entire school community. Notably the data center will also make the stakeholders and the students have a positive impression of the school. Proposed topology Given that the institution recently acquired a new building, the proposed data center will be set up in one of the offices in the building. The data center would be the control room from where the specialists view data and also the technological needs o the school will be processed in the data center. The budget that was carried out for the data center, therefore, put into consideration that the data center would be within the recently leased building. The data center will have fiber optic cables and also be connected to the CCTV cameras of the schools (Lin et al, 2005). On the other hand, the data center will be different from the other computer labs. This is because it will have an automatic power backup to make sure that power is not lost. The security of the data center will be more than the different places; the door to the data center will have a biometric scanner. This will make the data center accessible to only those who have their scans in the system (Lin et al, 2005). The data center will have proper ventilation to balance the temperature of the room since there will be many and active computers in the room. The ventilation will help with energy saving. The data center will have a small energy system that will assist the professionals with regulating the amount of energy spent. Despite the fact that the data center will hive biometric system, the presence of a physical security system is necessary. Therefore, the institution should hire a security firm to provide

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surveillance for the data center. A firewall to resist external attacks will be constructed. This will help with detecting the malicious attacks before they cause harm to the institution. The total cost of constructing the data center will add up to $240,000. This is because the installation of protective walls, floors and finishing is necessary. The installation of a biometric system for the door would also be costly. Therefore, the data center would be a secure sound and fire proof room where data controls are carried out (Belaglazov et al, 2012). B. Network media Business needs The institution requires a network media that will be efficient in running the data center. Proposed Network Media For the best services in the data center the institution is supposed to hire the Cisco Systems, Inc., the company will ensure that the data center is up to date and totally a fool proof area. This is because the company has a vast experience in the management and construction of data centers

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(Data center, 2013).The wiring system that Cisco systems will use for the data center is as below.

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The chosen wiring of the network will ensure that all sectors of the institution are connected to the data center. It is also notable that the wiring system is cost efficient and would not cost the institution a lot of money.

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A. Network devices Business needs The institution requires devices that are up to date and reliable. The devices that the institution requires are those that can be used to monitor, override and controls systems that are connected to the data center. Therefore, the quality of the devices that the institution requires should be high. Majorly, this is because the high-quality products are durable and productive. Proposed network devices There are various devices that are required to make sure that the data control center is connected and well networked. The devices help the data center to stay in shape and also stay functional. The following are the network devices that are needed by the institution for the data center. Item

Quantity

LAN cables

60

Hubs

30

Switches

35

Bridges

40

Routers

30

Gateways

50

Network interface cards

35

Wireless access points

40

The devices will help to make the data center stay in connection. The computers in the data center will be connected to one another at all times (Benani et al, 2005).

NETWORK DESIGN PROPOSAL A. Network security devices Business needs The institution requires security devices that will detect an attack before it causes harm. The security device should also be capable of reversing the attack and restoring the files and data as they previously were. •

Intrusion detection systems

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Mobile device management

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Next-generation firewalls

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Anti-malware

The security devices will ensure that any malicious attempts are dealt with forthwith. The devices will also ensure that the attempts are not done in a repetitive manner since they can identify the malicious computer (Guo et al. 2009).

B. Computer systems Business needs The institution requires a computer system that will be reliable and can contain the data controls and software (Guo et al. 2009).

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Proposed computer systems The institution will use the Apple Inc servers in the data centers. The institution, therefore, needs Twelve Apple servers for the data center. The servers are reliable for the data center because they have strong backups and cloud storage systems. The servers also have strong pre-installed firewalls.

References Beloglazov, A., Abawajy, J., & Buyya, R. (2012). Energy-aware resource allocation heuristics for efficient management of data centers for cloud computing. Future generation computer systems, 28(5), 755-768 .

NETWORK DESIGN PROPOSAL 10 Bennani, M. N., & Menasce, D. (2005, June). Resource allocation for autonomic data centers using analytic performance models. In Autonomic Computing, 2005. ICAC 2005. Proceedings. Second International Conference on (pp. 229-240). IEEE.

Data center and Virtualization, (2013). Derived from http://dalian.ca/pages/solutions/data-centrevirtualization.php

Guo, C., Lu, G., Li, D., Wu, H., Zhang, X., Shi, Y., ... & Lu, S. (2009). BCube: a high performance, server-centric network architecture for modular data centers. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 39(4), 63-74.

Lin, M., Wierman, A., Andrew, L. L., & Thereska, E. (2013). Dynamic right-sizing for powerproportional data centers. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TO