1. Windows Servers

2.  HP Advanced Model (7.5 Unit) model 3 - $5912  ML 350 Chassis, Tower Form Factor  Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5140 Processor (IA64)  5 Gb RAM  Drives  HP Smart Array Controller  2 x 72 Gb - Mirrored (72 Gb Available)  30 Gb – SysVol  42 Gb - StaffApps or Images  3 x 146 Gb – RAID 5 (292 Gb Available)  Data  Support for up to 8 SAS Drives (146Gb)  DLT Tape Backup – 200/400Gb Capacity  Windows 2003 R2 (64 bit)

3.  Computers split into Staff and Educational PC  Data Shares for Specific groups  All shares accessible through Network Shares folder on Desktop based on Group membership  Drive Mappings for chosen data shares  Printers connected through logon scripts  Printers assigned according to Site/Staff- Edu/Room/Computer/User  Desktop and Start menu Icons copied based upon Staff-EDU group/Room

4.  IE Favourites redirected to Home drive  IE Home page assigned according to Staff/Student  Background Assigned according to Staff/Edu grouping  Group policies to apply security

5.  Rule 1 – “data will soon fill all available space”  Rule 2 – “data will quickly fill all available space  Rule 3 – See Rule number 1  Failure to follow rules may lead to backup and system failures.  Data needs to be “culled” from time to time.  Encourage staff to clean their own folders.  This removes load from backup and restore processes  Culled data can be archived to CD/DVD/External Drive/other

6.  Within Data Share, create a year folder  EG “2008”  Within this folder create all necessary sub folders.  All files used in 2008 are to be stored within this folder.  In 2009:  Create a new folder – “2009”, make 2008 read only  Create all necessary subfolders within this folder  If a file is used from the 2008 folder, copy it to the 2009 folder.  At end of 2009, archive 2008 folder to CD/DVD/Tape/other

7.  At start of each year:  Delete users who have left.  Move deleted users’ Homefolders to “deletedUsers”  The DeletedUsers folder can then be archived to CD/DVD/External HDD  Archive old data to CD/DVD/External HDD

8.  Backup ensures a copy of essential files in case of server failure or User Error.  Regular backups should be taken of:  All user data – Nightly/weekly  Active Directory – Nightly/weekly  System areas – Term  Whole Server - Year

9.  None  Internal  Tape  External Hard disk drives  Network Attached Storage  Gprotect – Sentral Server  Server-Server Copy

10.  + Large Capacity  + Easy to take offsite  + Able to backup multiple devices  - Slow to restore  - Requires additional software to backup and restore

11.  Require 3 External USB drives (Minimum)  Need to be matching Drives  All need to be assigned same drive letter  Swap drive each week and take home.  + Cost effective  + Fast Backup and restore  + Able to use Windows Explorer to recover files

12.  Network hard drive in another building  + Fast to backup and restore  + Able to use Windows Explorer to recover files.  + Many NAS support RAID 1  - Can be Expensive  - not offsite

13.  Set backup for late night when users are not on system  Encourage users to log out (and shut down)  Verify backups  Check any backup logs.  Test restore regularly  Have off-site backup  You never have too much backup  Users should be encouraged to have their own backups (USB drive etc)  Don't have critical data on server only

14.  Kit 1 – ASI Server Disk Capacity Upgrade  2 x 250 Gb SATA Drives, cables, Installation  $315 (ex GST)  Kit 2 – Removable HDD Backup  3 x Maxtor One Touch IV 160 gb Mini USB 2 Drives  $465 (ex GST)  Kit 3 – ASI Extended Server Waranty  ASI Extended Server Warranty – 1 year  $1100 (ex GST)

15.  Symantec Backup Exec 11d at 85% off price  Backup Exec 11d for Windows – Core ($~172.00)  BEWS 11d Agent for Windows Systems (AWS) (~$85)  BEWS 11d Advanced Open File Option (AOFO) (~$150)  BEWS 11d Agent for Windows Active Directory (~$215)  BEWS 11d Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option (IDR) (~$150)  (~$850)  Agent for Macintosh  Agent for Netware