Our Final project before Holidays. @ American Intercontinental University

1. Unit 4 Group Project
Group 2
Clarence Peters
Felicia Johnson
Crystal Lawson
Matthew McCan
Patty Minton

2. Introduction
For many businesses and
organizations, options about
where they would like to go with
networking can be disappointing
and tedious if there is no IT
professional available. Many
times businesses are limited to
depend on the quality of service at
exorbitant costs without
knowledge of newer, more
efficient and cost-effective
options.

3. The standard for all network connections is a
Local Area Network that connect computers to
the internet in a central location. LAN’s connect
computers, printers, servers, IP phones, or
gateways. Choosing the right network solutions
for the organization is imperative to the services
that are provided to clients. As technology
increases, businesses also have to adapt to the
wide ranging forms of communication with
those clients.

4. Switches versus hubs for networking
A hub is one of the most
basic networking devices
that forwards data to
network traffic. A computer
sends the data through a
hub that is connected to
the networking port and
forwards the data to all
connected outlets. The
networking applications on
other attached devices
determine whether the
information is useful or
needs to be discarded.

5. Switches
Switches and hubs perform similar functions in a
network, but switches go even further to assess each
packet of data and distribute the data according to the
routing address it needs to follow.
Switches map the paths of Ethernet addresses of network
segments for the intended intersection of information,
and only allow essential data to pass through the switch.
Switches inspect and keep logs of the internet protocol
network addresses of connected machines and forwards
data only to the intended recipient instead of simply
broadcasting data over the entire network.
Switches also prevent the distribution of erroneous data
packets by not allowing them to proceed which
diminishes collision and alleviates network obstruction.

6. Graphical depiction shows an
example of attaching devices
to the SAN – Storage Area
Network and NAS – Network
Attached Storage for
companies to access and
share data.
Companies that need to share
and receive information from
the network generally use Star
topography for the
synchronicity to the
organization’s data.

7. Anytime, anywhere access to your
digital life.
The GoFlex™ Net media sharing device
enables you to easily access and share your
files anytime, anywhere.
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Transforms GoFlex ultra-portable
drives and USB storage devices into
Internet-connected networked storage
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Installs in minutes—no firewall
settings to configure and no networking
knowledge required
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Free apps enable access to your
files from iPad, iPhone, Android and
BlackBerry devices

9. Unit 3 Group Project
Contributing Group 2 Members
• Clarence Peters- Project leader
• Felicia Johnson
• Crystal Lawson
• Matthew McCan
• Patty Minton

10. goals of a san are
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Reduce administrative costs
Allow non-disruptive scaling of storage to accommodate the demand for data storage
Enable better resource utilization (to drive effective utilization to 80 or 90 percent from currently less than
50% in many environments)
advantages and disadvantages of san
advantages of san
Multiple users can access the drive at the same time
Files can be shared among users and devices
Remote access via Ethernet is possible
Web-enabled applications provide additional functionality independent of the computer
Additional storage can be added (depends on NAS function)
disadvantages of san
File transfer speed is not as fast as DAS
Requires at least basic network knowledge
Available functions depend greatly on the chip and firmware

11. References
• (http://consumer.media.seagate.com)
• (http://www.seagate.com/external-harddrives/network-storage/home/goflex-net/)
• TS-239 Pro [High-Performance 2-Bay NAS Server for
SMBs]. (2013). In QNAP Systems,Inc. Retrieved
November 29, 2013, from
http://www.qnap.com/en/index.php?sn=822&c=1655
&sc=1656&t=1659&n=6684
• http://www.nasdatastorage.co.uk/datastorageguide1.h
tm
• http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/answer/Threenetworking-goals
• http://www.inxtron.com/information-center/networkattached-storage-nas