1. Background Salmon IT are currently reviewing the existing backup solution located in the Co-location suite of Level 3 Datacentre in Hayes. The existing backup solution should provide a full back up of the entire estate that was originally implemented over 7 years ago. Due to the increasing growth of data within the infrastructure the backup solution has become unfit to deal with regular backups and is now struggling to successfully complete the daily backup policies within a 24 hour period…
Front Panel USB 2.0 Connectors – This connects to any USB 2.0 Ports located at the top or in some cases the bottom of the computer case. Front Panel USB 3.0 Connectors – This connects to any USB 3.0 Ports located at top or sometimes the bottom of the computer case. Southbridge – This allows the CPU to communicate with SATA Connectors, USB Ports, Ethernet Ports, PCI Slots, PCI Express X1 Slots, and On-Board audio. The Southbridge is also referred to as the, Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH).…
RASPBERRY PI Chapter 1 Introduction Raspberry Pi is a small, card sized computer manufactured and designed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry-pi foundations with intention of teaching basic computer science to school students and every other person interested in learning computer hardware, programming and DIY-Do-it Yourself projects. The Raspberry Pi have Broadcom BCM2835 system on a chip (SoC), including an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz…
Test Func KB-460 Compact Equipment and Great Workmanship A look at the market for mechanical keyboards quickly shows that prices differ. The Func KB-460 with red Cherry MX button switches is one of the gaming keyboards that are just over the 100 limit. In addition, the input device is also available with brown and red Cherry MX buttons. This is a bargain among mechanical keyboards. You can read more about it in the test report below. Review The Func KB-460 is a compact mechanical keyboard with…
connectors are colour coded (purple for keyboard, green for mouse) or have symbols printed alongside the ports as to connect them correctly. This port requires a round, 6 pin connector. These ports are not always found as keyboards and mice can utilise a USB connection to function. • Ethernet (RJ-45) – The Ethernet port is compatible with an RJ-45 connector, see FIGURE, this is used when connecting to a local area network for internet access. The RJ-45 port has 8 pins and varying speeds…
It was Nov. 14, 2001 and 1,000 units of the Microsoft® Xbox (TM) video game system arrived at Toys “R” Us Times Square in New York City. About Xbox Xbox was Microsoft’s future-generation video game system. Xbox games blur the lines between fantasy and reality. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers products and services designed to empower people — any time, any…
second with gigabit hub or switches and NIC cards speeds can be at one thousand megabits per second. In a star topology is possible to have all the important data back ups on the hub in a private folder so if the computers fails, the employees can still use the data using the next computer in the network and accessing the backup files on the hub. If the hub adds a device like a printer all the other computers on the network can access the new device by simple accessing the hub. The best thing is…
its physical layout). There are different recognised topologies including star, mesh, tree and ring. In a star topology, each network device (computer or peripheral) is linked to a central hub or a switch with a point-to-point access or connection. All the data and information is passed through the central hub before reaching to its destination. For example, in a small home network, all the computers or devices are connected to single…
Introduction This week long course is intended to educate learners on the topic of computer technology, including computer hardware, computer software, and its effect on everyday life. Included in this course document are three evaluation strategies: a diagnostic evaluation, a formative evaluation, and a summative evaluation. The diagnostic evaluation that is included is a pre-assessment. The pre-assessment will be completed preceding the beginning of the course to determine the students’ prior…
features of each device. Home Network devices can be anything that can connect with another one to form a Local area Network (LAN): modem, router, hub, switch, Desktop computer, laptop, printer, Xbox, PlayStation, smart TV, tablet, IP…