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Riordan Manufacturing Computing Platform Upgrade Plan
Riordan manufacturing, a plastic and polymers maker, is in the process of examining their computing network hardware and operating systems. Some of Riordan's locations are about to have computer upgrades; other locations may also need hard updates. This paper examines Riordan's current situation, provides some alternatives to consider, and suggests a plan to upgrade and implement new server and workstation operating systems throughout the Riordan Network.
Existing Computing Platform at Riordan Manufacturing
Riordan Manufacturing has facilities throughout the US and in the Far East. They have a headquarters location in San Jose, CA, a development and manufacturing facility in Pontiac MI, and manufacturing plants in Albany, GA and Hangzhou, China. While some of the locations have adequate computing platforms, other locations, like Pontiac MI, will require upgrades need to be made to their current network to update their existing platforms to be able to incorporate new standards and operating system feature.
San Jose, CA will have the most up to date computer systems once the hardware upgrade already in progress is complete and will be able to accommodate the newer operating system, and meet new software requirements. As the upgrade is still just beginning to be done, it may be possible and desirable to incorporate this hardware upgrade into the rollout of the workstation operating system upgrade.
Albany, GA will need to have upgrades to their work stations. If upgraded to the next operating system, the eight P1-233 MHz workstations with 64 MB of RAM will at least have to memory upgrades. Memory is fairly cheap now and could add to the performance of the computers. If the latest operating system be selected for Albany, more substantial upgrades to their computing platform will need to be done.
At the Pontiac, MI location, all of the computing platforms need to be addressed. Riordan needs to replace...