Sample Network Design Proposal
Sample Network Design Proposal
Sample Network Design Proposal
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I. FEASIBILITY STUDY
II. NETWORK NEEDS ANAYLSIS
III. HIGH-LEVEL NETWORK DESIGN
IV. DETAILED DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
V. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
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Situation in which the Project Exists: This proposal is for a data communication network to serve the
Maryland public education system. The Maryland legislature recently approved funding sufficient to pay for
the development of this proposal. Pending proposal acceptance by the Maryland State Public Education
Office of Technology (a department within the state Office of Education), funding will be sought to
implement the proposal.
Network Scope: The proposed network is designed to serve the state Office of Education and two of its
school district offices. The state office, located in Kenzington, contains five departments to be served by this
network. Each district office contains four departments to be served. The North School District is located in
Ricksville, 25 miles from the state office. The South School District is located in Albanton, about 40 miles
from the state office. Note that this network does not serve instructional needs of students; other resources
have been allocated for that purpose. This network is for administrative purposes and is specifically designed
to be independent of student computing facilities.
Objectives of the Network. The network is designed to achieve several specific business/operational
objectives:
1. Secure Service: The main objective of this network is to provide secure administrative computing service
to the State Office and two districts. It is designed to be functionally and physically isolated from access
by people not employed by the Maryland public education system so as to minimize the risk of
unauthorized use.
2. Integration and Update: Presently there are many LANs in the Maryland public education system, but
much of the equipment is out of date, many of the LANs are incompatible with each other, and not
connected in a system-wide network. This proposal describes a WAN that integrates and updates these
LANs to support productive collaboration across the system.
3. Versatile Information Processing: The network will enable users to retrieve, process, and store ASCII and
non-ASCII text, still graphics, audio, and video from any connected computer.
4. Collaboration: The network will combine the power and capabilities of diverse equipment across the
state to provide a collaborative medium that helps users combine their skills regardless of their physical
location. A network for this educational community will enable people to share information and ideas
easily so they can work more efficiently and productively.
5. Scalability: The design is scaleable so that more district offices can be added as funding becomes
available without having to redo the installed network.
Intended Users. The primary users of the network at the state level will be the three administrators, three
secretaries, ten members of the Curriculum Department, eight members of the Human Resource Department,
six members of the Finance/Accounting Department, and three members of the Computer Services
Department. At the district level the primary users will be four administrators, four secretaries, four members
of the Computer Services Department, sixteen members of the Human Resource Department, and two
members of the Finance/Accounting Department. Parents, pre-service teachers, teachers, and the public are
secondary users of the network in that they will receive information produced on the network, but they will
not directly use the network.
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network.
2. Internet service is provided by the State Education Network, which is subsidized by the state government.
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Data Types. The types of data served by the network will be reports, bulletins, accounting information,
personnel profiles, and web pages. The majority of the data will be text (ASCII and non-ASCII), but there
will be some still graphics and possibly a small amount of voice and video (primarily for PC-based
teleconferencing).
Data Sources. Data will be created and used at all end stations on the network. The data will be produced by
software applications in Windows 2000, primarily Dream Weaver and Office 2000 Professional (Word,
Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Other data sources to be supported on at least a limited basis will
Windows 2000 Accessories (Paint, Notepad, etc.), NetMeeting, Media Player, and PhotoShop. Note that the
network will be not be accessible from outside
Numbers of Users and Priority Levels. At the state level, the users will be administrators, secretaries, and
members of four departments. At the district levels, the users will be administrators, secretaries, and
members of three departments. The maximum estimated number of users on the network at any given time is
100: 33 regular users in the State Office, 30 regular users in the North District Office, 30 regular users in the
South District Office, and seven otherwise unanticipated users.
Three priority levels will be supported: management (top priority), user (medium priority), and background
(low priority). Note that these designations do not correspond to administrative levels in the Maryland public
education system; rather, they are network service levels. Network management processes will receive
top-priority service; most network processes will receive medium-priority service; a few processes (e.g.,
e-mail transfers, backup, etc.) will be given low-priority service. It should be noted that network management
will usually consume a small amount of the available bandwidth; this means that management and user
processes will usually enjoy identical support. Background processes will also usually receive more than
adequate service, but they will be delayed as needed to maintain support for management and user services.
Transmission Speed Requirements. The network is to be transparent to the users. Thus, remotely executed
applications, file transfers, and so forth should ideally appear to operate as quickly as processes executed
within an end-station. Interviews with users to ascertain their needs and expectations indicate that an average
throughput of 20 mbps per user within each LAN and 10 mbps per user between LANs will more than
support the needed performance in most cases (teleconferencing being the possible exception).
Load Variation Estimates. Interviews with users and observation of LAN use at the three locations yielded
data on hourly average and peak loads from January to March, 2001. The data are tabulated in the appendix.
The data indicate that the highest average traffic volume will occur from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday. The peak network traffic volume is expected at two times during the day: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon and 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. At night and on weekends the network traffic is minimal except for the daily
backups of the PCs to the LAN servers in the districts and several batch data transfers anticipated from the
districts to the State Office. The data indicate the following network design parameters:
The average required throughput on any LAN during work hours (7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) will be only
about 0.2 mbps.
The average required throughput on the WAN during work hours (7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) will be only
0.04 mbps.
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The peak expected traffic load on any LAN will be about 10.4 mbps.
The peak expected traffic load on the WAN will be about 6.4 mbps.
Of course, to avoid user complaints, the network is designed for the peak traffic loads, not the average
throughput.
Storage Requirements. Storage requirements need to be large enough to store all student, teacher, and state
data (note: student data are data about students, not data generated by students). Interviews and observations
of users present and anticipated storage requirements indicate that each user will need an average of 100 MB
of server space (in addition to secondary storage on local PCs); the maximum estimated server-side storage
requirement per user is about 1 GB. Additionally, the network operating system will occupy about 500 MB
on each LAN server. Taking price-performance issues into account, each PC will have a minimum storage
capacity of 10 GB, each LAN server will have a minimum storage capacity of 20 GB. A main data server in
the State Office will have a 36 GB capacity.
Reliability Requirements. In keeping with user expectations and industry standards, both the LANs and the
WAN are expected to operate at 99.9% uptime and an undiscovered error rate of .001%.
Security Requirements. A firewall will be used so unauthorized users will be restricted. Part of the security
will be Users accounts and passwords that will give limited access. There will be different access capabilities
for network managers and users.
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CAT 5 Cable
$145.99
Available/In Stock
4 pair solid PVC; 1000 feet
Maintained by Computer Services as needed
SmartPro 1400
$454.99
Available/In Stock
6 outlets +LAN
Maintained by Computer Services as needed
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DS-2 Connection
$650.00
Available
1 month, exclusive rights
Maintained by Quest Communications
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Cost Analysis
Tangible Costs
Product Price Quantity Total
HP File/Print Server LH 3000 $4,089.00 6 $24,534.00
HP NetServer Hard Drive $379.95 10 3,799.50
IntelliFax-4750 Commercial Laser Fax $499.95 3 1,499.85
HP Laser Jet 8150N Series $2,469.95 4 9,879.80
Windows 2000 Server $819.95 6 4,919.70
Compaq DeskPro EN P3/600 $999.00 65 64,935.00
CAT 5 Cable (1,000 feet) $145.99 4 583.96
SmartPro 1400 $454.99 6 2,729.94
EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Desktop Hub $79.99 5 399.95
EtherFast 12-Port 10/100 Desktop Hub $129.99 4 519.96
EtherFast 20-Port 10/100 Desktop Hub $199.99 2 399.98
EtherFast II 24-Port 10/100 Switch $449.99 3 1,349.97
CISCO 2621 Ethernet Router 2 10/100
$2,319.00 3 6,957.00
Ports 2 Slots
RJ45 Plugs
$49.99 8 399.92
*Packs of 50
Ultimate Tool Kit $399.00 1 399.00
Firewall I Internet Gateway V4.1 100
$6,000.00 1 6,000.00
Nodes ONL
Labor (Maintaining the System) per hour $75.00 300 22,500.00
DS-2 Connection (1 month, exclusive
$650.00 36 23,400.00
rights)
Intangible Costs
Product Price
Network Down Time $8,000.00 1 $8,000.00
(Estimated at 9 hrs/yr)
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Benefit Analysis
Product Price
Increased Productivity $25,000.00 yr
Decreased Anxiety
$4,000.00 yr
(from increased reliability)
Less Training Time $6,000.00 yr
Increased Connectivity
between State and District $10,000.00 yr
Offices
Ease of Record Keeping
(i.e., fewer lost files and faster $25,000.00 yr
availability)
Increased Security $30,000.00 yr
Total $100,000.00/year
Intangible Benefits
Product Price
Increased Community Support $30,000.00 yr
Increased Staff Morale $15,000.00 yr
Better Informed Public $20,000.00 yr
Total $65,000.00/year
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Cost-Benefit Ratio
Total Cost Total Benefit Ratio
$61,069.18/year $165,000/year 0.37
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Average Network Usage for January to March 2000 Maximum Network Usage for January to March 2000
Average Average Total Maximum Maximum Max
Average Total Coincident MB per WAN Maximum Max Coincident MB per WAN
Coincident Average LAN WAN WAN Data Coincident Max LAN WAN WAN Data
LAN MB per Data Accesses Access Transfer LAN MB per Data Accesses Access Rate
Time Loc Accesses Access Transfer (Est) (Est) (Est) Time Loc Accesses Access Rate (Est) (Est) (Est)
0100 State 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0100 State 2 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
North 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 North 2 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.1
South 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 South 2 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.2
0200 State 1.1 7654.2 8419.6 0.2 3827.1 814.3 0200 State 3 5740.7 222.0 1.0 2870.3 272.2
North 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 North 2 0.3 0.6 2.0 0.2 0.3
South 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 South 2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
0300 State 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0300 State 2 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.1
North 1.0 4487.0 4487.0 0.5 2243.5 1126.6 North 2 3365.3 730.5 2.0 1682.6 35.3
South 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 South 1 0.2 0.2 2.0 0.1 0.2
0400 State 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0400 State 2 0.5 0.9 2.0 0.2 0.5
North 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 North 3 0.2 0.7 2.0 0.1 0.2
South 1.2 6529.7 7835.6 1.1 3264.9 3602.5 South 3 4897.3 4691.8 2.0 2448.6 442.3
0500 State 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0500 State 2 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0
North 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 North 2 0.1 0.2 2.0 0.0 0.1
South 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 South 3 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0
0600 State 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0600 State 3 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.2
North 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 North 4 0.2 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.2
South 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 South 3 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.2
0700 State 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0700 State 1 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.2 0.4
North 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 North 3 0.5 1.4 2.0 0.2 0.5
South 2.5 0.7 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 South 4 0.5 2.1 3.0 0.3 0.8
0800 State 27.6 3.1 85.6 23.5 1.6 36.4 0800 State 33 2.3 76.7 12.0 1.2 14.0
North 25.5 5.1 130.1 2.5 2.6 6.3 North 30 3.8 114.8 4.0 1.9 7.7
South 26.8 3.9 104.5 14.9 2.0 29.0 South 30 2.9 87.8 16.0 1.5 23.4
0900 State 30.1 2.1 63.2 3.4 1.1 3.6 0900 State 33 1.6 52.0 6.0 0.8 4.7
North 31.1 0.9 28.0 25.0 0.5 11.2 North 30 0.7 20.3 31.0 0.3 10.5
South 28.4 1.2 34.1 20.7 0.6 12.4 South 30 0.9 27.0 30.0 0.5 13.5
1000 State 29.4 12.1 355.7 29.4 6.1 177.8 1000 State 33 9.1 299.5 31.0 4.5 140.7
North 26.2 1.1 28.8 16.7 0.6 9.2 North 30 0.8 24.8 20.0 0.4 8.3
South 26.5 3.2 84.8 20.4 1.6 32.6 South 30 2.4 72.0 25.0 1.2 30.0
1100 State 19.8 5.7 112.9 10.2 2.9 28.9 1100 State 33 4.3 141.1 16.0 2.1 34.2
North 20.3 1.3 26.4 10.8 0.7 7.0 North 30 1.0 29.3 17.0 0.5 8.3
South 18.7 0.7 13.1 14.0 0.4 4.9 South 30 0.5 15.8 15.0 0.3 3.9
1200 State 10.4 1.8 18.7 9.1 0.9 8.2 1200 State 29 1.4 39.2 13.0 0.7 8.8
North 14.6 0.8 11.7 13.1 0.4 5.2 North 29 0.6 17.4 16.0 0.3 4.8
South 12.2 0.6 7.3 7.9 0.3 2.4 South 28 0.5 12.6 15.0 0.2 3.4
1300 State 13.5 1.4 18.9 1.9 0.7 1.4 1300 State 33 1.1 34.7 4.0 0.5 2.1
North 16.7 0.5 8.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 North 30 0.4 11.3 2.0 0.2 0.4
South 17.5 0.5 8.8 12.1 0.3 3.0 South 30 0.4 11.3 17.0 0.2 3.2
1400 State 17.6 1.2 21.1 2.9 0.6 1.7 1400 State 33 0.9 29.7 5.0 0.5 2.3
North 15.3 2.3 35.2 4.0 1.2 4.6 North 30 1.7 51.8 6.0 0.9 5.2
South 15.4 1.3 20.0 3.7 0.7 2.4 South 30 1.0 29.3 6.0 0.5 2.9
1500 State 16.0 41.0 656.0 5.7 20.5 116.3 1500 State 33 30.8 1014.8 7.0 15.4 107.6
North 12.7 11.3 143.5 4.6 5.7 26.2 North 30 8.5 254.3 8.0 4.2 33.9
South 14.6 9.4 137.2 5.4 4.7 25.3 South 30 7.1 211.5 7.0 3.5 24.7
1600 State 21.1 33.1 698.4 5.2 16.6 86.3 1600 State 33 24.8 819.2 7.0 12.4 86.9
North 16.8 1.4 23.5 5.1 0.7 3.6 North 30 1.1 31.5 6.0 0.5 3.2
South 14.9 4.3 64.1 8.5 2.2 18.3 South 30 3.2 96.8 12.0 1.6 19.4
1700 State 7.1 6.2 44.0 5.7 3.1 17.6 1700 State 27 4.7 125.6 9.0 2.3 20.9
North 8.6 5.2 44.7 4.0 2.6 10.4 North 27 3.9 105.3 7.0 2.0 13.7
South 5.6 4.0 22.4 2.0 2.0 4.0 South 26 3.0 78.0 8.0 1.5 12.0
1800 State 3.3 3.2 10.6 3.3 1.6 5.2 1800 State 25 2.4 60.0 6.0 1.2 7.2
North 3.6 1.0 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 North 27 0.8 20.3 5.0 0.4 1.9
South 2.7 0.9 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.3 South 28 0.7 18.9 3.0 0.3 1.0
1900 State 5.6 0.5 2.8 4.8 0.3 1.2 1900 State 22 0.4 8.3 9.0 0.2 1.7
North 5.1 0.5 2.6 4.0 0.3 1.0 North 16 0.4 6.0 7.0 0.2 1.3
South 3.3 0.3 1.0 3.1 0.2 0.5 South 18 0.2 4.1 5.0 0.1 0.6
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Average Network Usage for January to March 2000 Maximum Network Usage for January to March 2000
Average Average Total Maximum Maximum Max
Average Total Coincident MB per WAN Maximum Max Coincident MB per WAN
Coincident Average LAN WAN WAN Data Coincident Max LAN WAN WAN Data
LAN MB per Data Accesses Access Transfer LAN MB per Data Accesses Access Rate
Time Loc Accesses Access Transfer (Est) (Est) (Est) Time Loc Accesses Access Rate (Est) (Est) (Est)
2000 State 3.2 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.3 2000 State 28 0.3 8.4 4.0 0.2 0.6
North 2.6 0.3 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 North 21 0.2 4.7 3.0 0.1 0.3
South 1.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2 South 23 0.4 8.6 2.0 0.2 0.4
2100 State 2.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 2100 State 15 0.2 2.3 3.0 0.1 0.2
North 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.1 North 11 0.2 1.7 2.0 0.1 0.2
South 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 South 12 0.2 2.7 4.0 0.1 0.5
2200 State 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 2200 State 9 0.3 2.7 5.0 0.2 0.8
North 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 North 3 0.4 1.1 5.0 0.2 0.9
South 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 South 6 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
2300 State 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 2300 State 7 0.2 1.6 2.0 0.1 0.2
North 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 North 6 0.5 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.2
South 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 South 5 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
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