COIT 20246 Assignment Submission

COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)
Part: Written Assessment
Weighting: 30% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic (see course website for details)
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Instructions
It will be necessary to use online resources to complete this assignment, please
ensure you cite and reference any such materials using the Harvard format.
DO NOT copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this
assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not use
your own words!
Please complete your assignment using this submission template file, inserting your
responses where indicated.
DO NOT delete the marking criteria page – changes are permitted to the
formatting of other pages including the headers and footers.
Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There is
a table to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required.
Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words.
Each summary should briefly explain:
- What the resource is about
- Why you selected it
- What are the main points or key information covered in the resource
- Why the resource was useful.
For more advice about how to complete the assignment, as well as examples and
information about selecting good resources, please see the assessment page on the
Moodle unit web site:
https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/assign/view.php?id=886270
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Week 1
The text discusses examples of traditional mass storage such as magnetic disk and
solid-state drives. While these still underpin most mass storage, in corporate
environments they are often accessed via Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Storage
Area Network (SAN) technologies. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes
EITHER NAS or SAN storage technologies. The resource, and your summary, must
focus on either NAS or SAN, NOT BOTH.
Title and Reference:
Anon, (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1283
[Accessed 27 May 2019].
https://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1283
Summary:
This resource was very much helpful to understand the concept of Storage Area
Network (SAN) is a detailed manner. SAN can be defined as the type of high speed
network which can be very much helpful to provide block level network access to
storage. This resource is selected because it provides a detailed description of the
advantages provided by SAN. The application availability of networking devices can be
solved using SAN. The application performance can also be improved using the
storage utilization and effectiveness. Business Continuity Management (BCM) activities
can also be improved using SAN. SAN can be widely used in other technologies as
well, such as the Fibre Channel (FC) technology. The main point of discussing of this
paper is the detailed usability of SAN. SAN is a collection of storage elements, storage
devices, host and switches which are interconnected with each other using a wide
range of topologies, technologies and protocols. SAN can be controlled using the SAN
switches. It can be said that most of the SAN stitches is Ethernet based. There are
different categories of SAN which are available such as converged SAN, unified SAN
and virtual SAN. This resource was very much helpful to understand the connection
between SAN and client access LAN.
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Week 2
Operating systems use file managers to interact with mass storage devices.
However, the way in which data is stored and retrieved is dictated by the file system.
There are many types of file systems used by modern operating systems. Find and
summarise ONE resource that describes ONE such file system that is NOT FAT,
FAT32 or ExFAT. The resource, and your summary, must focus on A SINGLE file
system.
Title and Reference:
TechRepublic. (2019). News, Tips, and Advice for Technology Professionals - TechRepublic.
[online] Available at: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/file-systems-101-ntfs/ [Accessed 27
May 2019].
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/file-systems-101-ntfs/
Summary:
This resource highlights the effectiveness and usability of the New Technology File
System (NTFS). NTFS technology is much more advanced and error free as
compared with the other similar technologies. Detailed description of the NTFS
technology is the main reason behind choosing this technology. One of the prime
features of this technology is that it can be used in a b-tree directory scheme,
tracking of the file cluster can be done using the NTFS technology. The main points if
this paper is the usability of this technology as it can be very much useful to support
larger files which are used in most of the global commercial establishments. The key
information of this resource is the ability of the NTFS technology as it supports both
short as well as long file names. The backup facility of NTFS technology was also
highlighted in this resource in an organized manner. The resources also help in
understanding the usability and the security of NTFS technology. The efficiency of
NTFS is way better than FAT32 or ExFAT. NTFS technology can be very much
useful to provide data security as it can transparently encrypt files. The resource was
very much useful to understand the transparent file compression service of the NTFS
technology.
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Week 3
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is currently being rolled-out across Australia
and there is a mix of technologies that are being used to deliver Internet services (for
example, FTTN, FTTC, FTTP, HFC, fixed wireless and satellite). Find and
summarise ONE resource that describes ONE of these delivery technologies. The
resource, and your summary, must focus on A SINGLE technology.
Title and Reference:
Whistleout.com.au. (2019). NBN Fibre to the Node: Everything you need to know. [online]
Available at: https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/nbn-fttn-everything-you-need-
to-know [Accessed 27 May 2019].
https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/nbn-fttn-everything-you-need-to-
know
Summary:
This resource is very much important to understand FTTN technology which are extensively
used in the telecommunication services. This technology is widely used in Australia's National
Broadband Network rollout. The speed of this technology is much more than other similar
technologies such as the HFC and FTTC. The use of this technology is increasing every day
in both commercial establishments as well as in our society. This resource is very much
useful to understand the advantages as well as the disadvantages of FTTN technology.
Based on the discussion on the paper, it can be said that the fixed range of service provided
by this technology is one of the main constraints of this technology. One of the main benefits
of the paper is that it helps in identifying most of the advantages of this technology in terms of
its increased speed. The cost of the FTTN technology is always dynamic in nature, which is
the key point of discussion of this paper. This resource is very much helpful to understand the
expectation of the consumers of this technology. The resource also helps in identifying that
each of the customers of this technology must be within one mile radius.
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