Simpsons & Griffin (hereafter S&G) is a newly founded software development firm. It has 4 departments (D1, D2, D3 and D4) located on 2 floors of a same building. Each department will have its own network connecting 12 clients, 4 servers and 2 network printers. All clients (NICs included), servers (NICs included) and network printers (also with their NICs) have already been bought and do not need to be considered in this exercise.

1) CLEARLY explain (i) what structured design means, (ii) its major benefit(s) and (iii) how it applies to S&Gs network (6 lines MAX)

2) CLEARLY explain WHICH application architecture(s) for S&Gs network you recommend for its applications and WHY (4 lines MAX)

3) Using a structured design approach, list (i) each type of hardware component needed, (ii) their specific purpose and (iii) the required quantities

4) S&G managers need guidance on which server operating system (SOS) to use. BRIEFLY discuss 4 different criteria you can use to recommend a particular SOS (3 lines MAX for each criterion)

5) S&G managers are considering using either Windows Server or Unix for their servers. Using the 4 criteria above, BRIEFLY compare the 2 SOSs (2 lines MAX for each criterion) and indicate which one you recommend (1 line MAX)