GAMELAND LTD

Network Design Proposal



Network Design Proposal

Introduction

The study is related to the Gameland Ltd which intends to develop the network design for the organization. In this context, it is essential for the company to design the network which will helps and assist the organizations activities as the different departments that include department store game, ordering and delivery, finance department and management department will be assisted in managing departmental activities that will ultimately guide Gameland Ltd towards achieving the goals.

Network concept

A computer network is a group of computers connected together by a complex system of extra wiring and equipment or by wireless. With this connection, the computers of Gameland Ltd that are part of the network can share different services like Internet connection, share files and devices such as printers and other hardware in common use (Barabasi, 2002, 91-97).

Network performance

We can define the performance of a computer network of Gameland Ltd, the ability to transfer data between computers that are part of that network. And also, is the quality of services provided to the teams that are part of the network of Gameland Ltd. To improve the performance of a Gameland Ltd network, company can use different techniques and, of these, is to make the Gameland Ltd network more efficient.

Software for the Web

Communications Software

Exchange Server is the recommended communication software for Gameland Ltd to meet the following requirements:

Native support for standards

SMTP and POP3 Internet e-mail

For NNTP newsgroups and Internet discussion

HTTP to allow access through a browser

Web

HTML to display content through a browser

LDAP to allow access to directories

SSL to provide security on the Internet when you use a POP3 or NNTP client, a Web browser or an LDAP client

MIME attachments to e-mail

Message Transfer Agent native X.400

X.500-based directory

Universal inbox to access all sources of information via MAPI

Point to Point Protocol (PPP) and integrated RAS for remote connectivity.

Scalability

Ability to exchange messages over 1 million messages a day

Supports a maximum of 22,000 users on one server

It can run on different platforms: from a 90Mhz Pentium with 32MB of RAM to a Pentium Pro or Alpha server of eight processors.

Characteristics of the client

Access to information through Microsoft Exchange Server using the client Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook, any Web browser inbox or news reader from the Internet or a client

Database Software

Microsoft SQL Server revolutionizes the concept of database for the Company. It brings together in one product the power required for any application with critical business management tools that minimize the cost of ownership. With Microsoft SQL Server, the company has all standard.

Thousands of solutions available: You are free to choose, since all market management applications running on Microsoft SQL (Barabasi, 2010, 16-24).

Server

Scalability: it adapts to the needs of the enterprise, supporting from a few users to several thousand. Centralized or distributed companies' offices, replicating hundreds of sites.

Power: Microsoft SQL Server is the best database for Windows XP or Linux. It has the best records of the independent benchmarks (TCP) in both total transactions as cost per transaction (Barrat, 2008, ...