WEB-230 Implementing Web Servers

Team A

• Glenda Anderson
• Mark Richardson
• Raymond Stewart

Team B

• Richard Boccard
• Camillia Carter
• Matthew Kowaleski
• Charles Ridge

"In-house" Web Server Assignment

Objective

This project will demonstrate your ability to work as a team to research and select the products necessary to implement an in-house Web server. Your goal is to select appropriate products and assess the costs to see if it is cost effective for your business. At this point, you are not concerned about the cost of hiring a Web Server Administrator, just the necessary components.

Initially, you are expecting customers to retrieve approximately 2000 Web pages per day. Pages average approximately 20Kb in file size. Allow for growth of approximately 10% per year.

At the end of the project, you will present your findings to the class using a PowerPoint presentation.

Sample Project

Your boss is mainly concerned with the total cost of implementing an in-house Web server but would also like a breakdown of the cost of each component, i.e. ISP, hardware, etc.

To price, your in-house server, you will need to make some basic descisions about the technology your business will use. Choose a "technology package" for the chart below:

Basic Instructions

1. Research the connectivity product offerings of major ISPs (Internet Service Providers and prepare a report to your "boss" (me) with your findings. You are looking for an Internet connection with sufficient bandwidth to run a Web server for a small business.
2. Select two major ISPs to research. Examples include AT&T, Verizon, Earthlink, Time Warner, Northstate, etc.
3. Locate information on a T1 connection.
4. Summarize the offerings including bandwidth, installation fees (if any), equipment purchases (if any), monthly service fees (approximate or real), and other related services that may be offered in conjunction with the Internet connection. Possibilities include such things as phone service, email services, etc.
5. Include URLs to the products and any additional information that you think is pertinent or would be interesting to your boss.
6. Create a PowerPoint presentation
7. Present your PowerPoint presentation to your boss and the class.

Submittal Instructions

Be sure to include your names of your team members in your email message.

Include WEB-230 Connectivity Report in your email subject line.

Be sure to attach your PowerPoint file to the email message.

Be sure to send a cc of the submittal to yourself and your team.  If you don't receive your copy then I probably will not receive a copy either.

Finally, be sure to save your work in case it becomes lost or is corrupted during transmission.  If there is a problem, I will request a copy of your backup.

I will reply to confirm receipt and post your grade on our Web site within one week.

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