Examining the Impact of common faults on the College
Fault 1: Network failure
Impact of General Running of the college
In a college environment, Network failure is a vital thing that has to be prevented to ensure that the daily operation of the college is uninterrupted and providing an optimal experience for the staff and students. In the unlikely event of a Network failure, which can be caused by many different reasons, the result can be catastrophic. Due to the fact that the entire operation of the college needs internet and network connectivity the school could potentially have to be shut down or resort to paper based management for the period where the network is down. Depending on the courses and the specific lessons that are being taught
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These precautions include: A UPS – uninterruptable power supply that ensures that all of the vital servers and switches are kept running for a small period of time that allows all of the servers to shut down properly with minimal data loss. During the time that the UPS is powering the devices (if the failure is a result of power loss), any network connectivity issues would be flagged and potentially solved before the power in the UPS runs out. Another procedure that is in place to prevent against any network failure is the redundant network layout. This is also set in place so that if a certain path to a location goes down, then another path can be made with little or no …show more content…
Due to Colleges storing large amounts of sensitive data for the students and members of staff, there has to be protection in place to prevent viruses in the first instance. If, in the unlikely event of a virus infecting some devices, and it isn’t detected on the intrusion detection system the sensitive data and information may be compromised. This is incredibly important because if any information gets compromised then the college could be subject to many major lawsuits due to the
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Fault 3: Power lost for switch - single floor
Impact of General Running of the college
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Fault 4: keyboard failure
Impact of General Running of the college
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Fault 5: Site wide Software Crash
Impact of General Running of the college
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