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1. ELYSIUM TECHNICAL SERVICES
PROPOSED SERVER/CLIENT
CONFIGURATION FOR CROISS
MANUFACTURING, LLC.
Steven Adams
12/2013

2. CONTENT
•INTRODUCTION to the PROJECT
•CLIENT DESCRIPTION
•VENDOR COMPARISON for the SEVERS
and CLIENTS
•SUMMARY and RECOMMENDATIONS

3. We were tasked by CROISS Manufacturing, LLC to
design it’s client/ server configuration in order to increase
productivity, minimize cost and deliver a qualitative
product.
INTODUCTION TO THE
PROJECT

4. CROISS Manufacturing, LLC is an automotive components
manufacturing company with locations in
Indianapolis, IN (Headquarters)
Ann Arbor, MI (Manufacturing site)
San Francisco, CA (Manufacturing site)
Dallas, TX (Manufacturing site)
Jacksonville, FL (Manufacturing site)
CLIENT DESCRIPTION

6. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
For the headquarters located in Indianapolis, IN, the
client has One-Hundred Fifty (150) full-time users
comprising:
 Twenty (20) Executives – Will require one (1) tablet and one (1) desktop each.
 Thirty (30) Sales Representatives/Mangers – Will require one (1) desktop each.
 Fifty (50) Order Processors – Will require one (1) tablet and one (1) laptop each.
 Twenty-five (25) Financial Analysts – Will require one (1) laptop each.
 Twenty-five (25) various administrators, including system managers – Will require one
(1) desktop each.

7. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
CONT’D
For the Ann Arbor, MI location, the company has Two-Hundred
(200) full and part-time users comprising:
 One-Hundred fifty (150) Manufacturing Associates working in
three (3) shifts - Will require access to one thin client for each
associate per shift.
 Fifty (50) Warehouse Manager roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager – Will need one (1) desktop and one (1) laptop.
 Nine (9) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts – Will
require one laptop each.
 Forty (40) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts – Will
require one (1) desktop each.

8. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
CONT’D
For the Dallas, TX location, the company has One-Hundred Sixty
(160) full and part-time users comprising:
 One Hundred-twenty (120) Manufacturing Associates working in
three (3) shifts – Will require access to one thin client for each
associate per shift.
 Forty (40) Warehouse Management roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager - Will require one (1) desktop and one (1)
laptop.
 Seven (7) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts - Will
require one (1) laptop each.
 Thirty-two (32) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts – Will
require one (1) desktop each.

9. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
CONT’D
For the San Francisco, CA location, the company has 120 full and
part-time users comprising:
 Ninety (90) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3) shifts – Will require
access to one thin client for each associate per shift
 Thirty (30) Warehouse Management roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager – Will require one (1) desktop and one (1)
laptop.
 Five (5) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts - Will
require one (1) laptop each.
 Twenty-Four (24) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts -
Will require one (1) desktop each.

10. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
CONT’D
For the Jacksonville, FL location, the company has sixty (60) full
and part-time users comprising:
 Forty-five (45) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3) shifts - Will require
access to one thin client for each associate per shift
 Fifteen (15) Warehouse Management associates comprising:
 One (1) General Manager - Will require one (1) desktop and one (1)
laptop.
 Three (3) Human Resources personnel for each shift – Will require one (1)
laptop each
 Eleven (11) various Project Managers across three (3) shifts – Will require
one (1) desktop each.

11. SERVERS (APPLICATION AND DATABASE)
HP ProLiant BL685c G7
Server)
Dell power edge
R9810 4U Rack
server
PROCESSOR AMD Opteron™ Model
6136 (8 core, 2.4 GHz,
12MB L3, 115W)
Intel® Xeon®
processors 7500
series
PROCESSORS CORES Four processor with up
to 16 cores
Four processor with
up 10 cores
CPU SPEED 2.20GHZ to 2.60 ghz
depending on the core
numbers
2.20GHZ

12. After critically looking at five (5) different vendors
comprising of :
IBM
ORACLE
TOSHIBA
HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) AND
DELL
The team at Elysium Technical Services has collated
detailed information for your company on HP and DELL.
This is based on the fact of each vendor producing
quality products at reasonable price points.
VENDOR SELECTION

13. SERVERS (APPLICATION AND DATABASE)
CONT’D
HP Dell
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
Standard memory is
32GB but scalable to
1TB
Standard memory is
32GB but scalable to
2TB
NETWORK
CONTROLLER
(2) 10GbE NC551i
FlexFabric 2 Ports per
controller
Broadcom® 57711 4-
port (2 x 10GbE) ports
controller
HARD DRIVE 600GB but scalable to
1TB
600GB but scalable to
1TB
PRICE $32,189 $32,095

14. CLIENTS (TABLETS FOR EXECUTIVES)
HP TouchPad Dell Latitude 10.1 LED
Net-tablet
RAM 1 GB SDRAM scalable
to 2GB SDRAM
2.00 GB DDR2 SDRAM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 1.2GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon dual-core
APQ8060 processor
Intel Atom Z670 1.50
GHz
SCREEN SIZE 9.7 “ 10.1”
HARD DRIVE 32 GB 32 GB
PRICE $310 $773.22

15. CLIENTS TABLETS FOR SALES REP AND
ORDER PROCESSORS
HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16
GB 9.7-Inch Tablet
Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi
Tablet
RAM 1 GB SDRAM but
scalable to 2GB
SDRAM
2.00 GB DDR2 SDRAM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 1.2GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon dual-core
APQ8060 processor
1 GHz Tegra 2.0
SCREEN SIZE 9.7 “ 10.1”
HARD DRIVE 16 GB 16 GB
PRICE $264.99 $193

16. CLIENTS (DESKTOPS FOR EXECUTIVES)
HP Pavilion p7-1235
Desktop
Dell XPS X8500-2631BK
Desktop
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
8GB SDRAM SCALING
UP TO 16GB
8GB DDR3 SCALING UP
TO 16GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 3.2 GHz A10-Series
Quad-
Core A8-5500
3.1 GHz Core i7-3770
HARD DRIVE 1TB 1 TB
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch
LED Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
PRICE $820 $1056

17. CLIENTS (DESKTOPS FOR SYSTEM
MANAGERS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS)
HP Compaq 8200 Elite
Ultra-Slim Desktop PC
Dell Inspiron i660s-
2308BK Desktop
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
4GB SDRAM SCALING
UP TO 16GB
4GB DDR3 SCALING UP
TO 16GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
2.7 GHz Pentium G630
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch
LED Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
HARD DRIVE 500GB`` 500GB
PRICE $789 $554

18. CLIENTS (DESKTOPS FOR PLANT
MANAGERS)
HP Compaq Business
Desktop Dc7800
Dell Inspiron Zino HD
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
1GB DDRS SDRAM
SCALING UP TO 4GB
2GB DDR2 SDRAM
SCALING UP TO 8GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
Intel Pentium Dual
Core E2200 / 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 2650e /
1.6 GHz
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch
LED Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
HARD DRIVE 320GB`` 320GB
PRICE $315 $370

19. CLIENTS (LAPTOPS FOR FINANCIAL
ANALYSTS)
HP Pavilion G7-2023cl
Notebook Pc [Laptop]
Dell Inspiron i14Z-
1424BK 14-Inch Laptop
RAM 4 GB SDRAM DDR3 4 GB DIMM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
2.7 GHz AMD A10
Series
2.3 GHz Core i7-2350M
SCREEN SIZE 17.3” 14”
HARD DRIVE 1TB 1TB
PRICE $869 $1043

20. CLIENTS (NOTEBOOKS FOR WAREHOUSE
MANAGERS)
HP G62-225DX Dell Inspiron 15R 15.6"
Notebook
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
3GB SDRAM DDR2
SCALABLE TO 8GB
3 GB DDR3 SCALABLE
TO8GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
Intel core i7/ 2.3 GHz
Intel Core i7-380M
(2.53GHz
SCREEN SIZE 15.6” 15.6”
HARD DRIVE 320GB`` 320GB
PRICE 649 $823

21. CLIENTS (THIN CLIENTS FOR
WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATES)
HP t610 Flexible Thin
Client
DELL OPTIPLEX FX170
THIN CLIENT
RAM 2 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
SDRAM SCALABLE TO
4GB
2GB DDR2 667MHz
SCALABLE TO 4GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED AMD Dual-Core T56N
APU with Radeon HD
6320 Graphics (1.65
GHz, 1 MB L2 cache
Intel® Atom™ n270
1.6GHz/Intel 945 GSE
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 17 -Inch
LED Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 17” LED
Monitor
FLASH MEMORY 2GB BUT SCALABLE
TO 16GB BASED ON
OPERATING SYSTEM
4GB FLASH STORAGE
PRICE $399 $449

22. SUMMARY AND
RECOMMENDATION
•After several weeks of deliberation, investigation, and
information gathering, the Elysium Technical Services
team and CROISS management came to conclusion that
HP along with their after-sales services would be the
best client/service provider for CROISS Manufacturing,
LLC.
•Though price comparisons between the two chosen
vendors (the total price of Dell products and service
($1,081,767) to the total price of HP products and
service ($1,139,824), Dell is the more affordable
alternative, but the 3-years annual service from HP, in
the long-term, would pay for itself.

23. SOFTWARE ASPECT
After the recent expansion of CROISS Manufacturing,
LLC, and careful deliberation on what server and client
infrastructure would best support the client’s financial,
hardware and software needs, we at Elysium Technology
Services make the recommendation to use the current HP
hardware specs (with necessary modifications) for your
client/server configuration – Software Focus.

24. FEATURES OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008
VS WINDOWS SERVER 2012
Features Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012
Installation
Options[Server Core]
All configuration and
maintenance is done
entirely through use
of the command line
interface, or by using
the remote desktop
option on the
Microsoft
Management
Console(MMC).
All configuration can be
done either through
the command line
interface or with the GUI
Interface.
Active Directory Roles • The Active
Directory
Recycle Bin has
no GUI.
• Changes
resulting in
• The Active Directory
Recycle Bin has a GUI
interface.
• Is aware when changes
are made through
virtualization.

25. SERVER (APPLICATION AND
DATABASE), CONT’D
•The servers are going to run on Windows Server 2008
instead Windows Server 2012. Due to the following
reasons:
• Windows Server 2012 only supports 64 bit processing
• Windows Server 2012 mainly supports Windows 8 while Windows
Server 2008 works with Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit)

26. SERVER (APPLICATION AND
DATABASE), CONT’D
•Windows 2008 has been trusted to run on all of our
modern pcs.
• Windows 2012 is too new, and will affect our a steady migration(a
sharp switch may not be advisable in training our IT Technicians and
staff).

27. CLIENTS (TABLETS)
•The present operating system we will use is the Android
Version 4.0. The reason we our using Android Version
4.0 is the fact that it does not require the use of physical
buttons. No touch pads require the use of physical
buttons, and Android fits that qualification.

28. CLIENTS (LAPTOP/DESKTOP)
Features Windows 7
Enterprise
Windows 8
Enterprise
Maximum Physical
Memory 64 bit
192 GB 512 GB
Remote Desktop(Client
and Host) Yes Yes
Start Button Appears Directly on
the bottom left of the
taskbar.
It is not directly on the
taskbar, and there is no
indication that you have
to scroll directly to the
bottom left corner of
the taskbar.
Touch Screen Windows 7 does not
support touch screen.
The best features for
Windows 8 require the
use of the touch screen.
Apps Windows 7 requires
you to visit the
It has a large amount of
unique apps.

29. CLIENTS (LAPTOP/DESKTOP),
CONT’D
•The Operating System we are choosing to run on our
laptops and desktops is Windows 7 Ultimate. The
reasons for our decision are as follows:
• Windows 8 is brand new, and it would be difficult to train our
personnel who are used to Windows 7.
• The best features of Windows 8 are based on the touchscreens(in
which we could supply them, but are at great cost).

30. CLIENTS (LAPTOP/DESKTOP),
CONT’D
•Windows Server 2008 is still being used (not to mention
it is used with Windows 7… not 8)

31. THIN CLIENT
Features Windows Embedded
Standard 7E
Windows Embedded
Standard 2009
For which Operating
System Based On
Windows 7 Windows XP
Key
Components/Apllications
• Windows Media
Player 12 Runs
on Windows 7
• AppLocker and
BitLocker are
brand new
features for
Windows 7.
• Remote Desktop
Protocol 7.0
• .NET Framework
3.5 SP1
• Windows Media
Player 11
• Remote Desktop
Protocol 6.1
• .NET Framework 3.0
Processor and Hardware
Support
32-bit (x86) and
64-bit (x64)
32-bit (x86)
Minimum 126MB

32. THIN CLIENT, CONT’D
•Windows Embedded Standard 7E is the Operating System
we recommend to be used with our client. It works
perfectly well with Windows 7, and Windows Embedded
Standard 2009 only works with Windows XP.

33. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
DISTRIBUTION
•We decided to put all of our application software on the
server for easy distribution, computer management,
upgrading, and security monitoring.

34. OFFICE APPLICATION SOFTWARE
DISTRIBUTION
Features Buying Office 2013
productivity suite
Individually
Office 365 Online
Service.
Ease of Access Unless accessed
remotely, you must
use the machine in
which the suite was
installed.
Can be accessed on any
machine the user is
currently using.
Back Up Can back up to the
cloud using SkyDrive,
or through the use of
your personal
hardware(flash drive,
CPU hard rive). This is
optional
Can put all of your
backups on the 365
cloud.
Security Takes time to breach
security since the user
must be on the
machine to access the
file(or know a persons
SkyDrive
information).
Takes less time to
breach the system since
the user only needs to
know the user’s office
365 information, and
get into the cloud.

35. OFFICE APPLICATION
SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION,
CONT’D
•The conclusion has come to the use of the Office 2013
Productivity Suite. While 365 is easier to access, security
concerns are top priority.

36. CLOUD DATA
BACKUP/STORAGE
•While the risk factors of losing data completely in the
event of fire (or any other environmental conditions) are
of high concern, using offsite data storage management
in place of cloud is the route worth taking.
• While cloud maintains data automatically, hackers can obtain the
user’s information to access the data.

37. ANTIVIRUS FOR CLIENT
AVG Norton 360
Free mobile protection
included
N/A
Essential protection for your
Android device
N/A
Detects and stops viruses,
threats and malware
Stops viruses, spyware and other threats before
they can do damage
Stops unsecure links and files Automatically backs up and encrypts key files to
local or online storage, so you can get them
back in case of hard drive failure or other
mishap
Prevents spying and data theft Blocks phishing websites that could steal your
identity and annoying, potentially dangerous
spam (and Stop hackers from stealing identity)
Keeps PC running
smoothly and fast.
Protects against online dangers without
sacrificing performance

38. AVG ANTIVIRUS
•Because mobile phones and tablets will be used to
conduct business, AVG providing free mobile and
android device protection will be suitable.

39. DATABASE MANAGEMENT
SERVER/CLIENT
Features Oracle 11g Database
Structured Query
Language 2012 (SQL
2012)w/ Access
Database Capacity
Performance
Terabyte sized for
larger databases.
Mainly a few hundred
gigabytes.
Storage
Management
Automatic Storage
through
• Partitioning
• Advanced
Compression
Data and Page
Compression
Operating System
Compatibility
Works well with
Windows and Linux
Works well mainly with
Windows (all 2008 or
2012)

40. DATABASE MANAGEMENT
SERVER/CLIENT, CONT’D
•While Oracle can still maintain performance at larger
capacities, Microsoft SQL is the server of our choosing.
• Access(the client) is supported by SQL
• For the training of Database Analysts, they are instructed in the use
of Access.
• It is less expensive than oracle(especially since Access comes with the
Office 2013 productivity suite).

41. COLLABORATION
•Due to the fact that the Office 2013 productivity suite
provides Microsoft Outlook, Skype, and SharePoint, we
believe that the unique features they posses inspire us to
use all three depending on the time of need.
Outlook: Email communication
SharePoint or Skype: Video Conferencing

42. SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Tivoli Framework by IBM System Center Configuration Manager
by Microsoft
Enterprise Integration Provide remote control
IP Management Patch management
Sysplex and System Management Software distribution
Automation Operating system deployment
Security Network access protection

43. SYSTEM MANAGEMENT,
CONT’D
•Both have the useful functionality needed to be
successful, but Tivoli Framework is the software of
choice.

44. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE
PLANNING (ERP) EXPLANATION
•ERP contains many applications with unique features that
support many companies personal needs.
• Syspro
• EPICOR
• SAGE
• PLEX SYSTEMS
• Microsoft Dynamics

45. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
SOFTWARE
General Features Syspro Microsoft Dynamics
Database
Platform
MS SQL
Server, Other
MS SQL Server
Financing
Options
Leasing,
Owner
Financing
Leasing, Owner
Financing, Financing
User Range 4-1000 5-750
Operating
System Server
Linux,
Windows
Windows
Services Support Training and
Education
Support Options
Financial
Management
• Payroll
• Accounts
Receivable
• Accounts
Payable
• Business intelligence
• Financial Intelligence

46. ERP CHOICE
In order to maintain successful relations with Microsoft,
and have an easy start with the use of ERP applications,
Microsoft Dynamics would be the choice worth making.
Having a firm agreement with Microsoft can potentially
lead to discounts on their various/unique products.

47. THE FUTURE
The importance in choosing your software is to keep up
with a steady migration schedule. The most important
aspect is to make sure that all of your software can be
upgradeable without potentially scrapping the current
software of your choosing (to monitor business cost).