INSURANCE AGENCY SERVER VIRTUALIZATION AND WEB SITE

Senior Design – Spring 2009Richard GoryFocus: Networking & Web

Overview

Introduction Statement of the Problem Product Description & Intended Use Deliverables Design & Development Proof of Design Needs & Solutions Brief Conclusion

Introduction

Jim Brown Independent Insurance Agency (Bowling Green, KY)

Limited systems experience 4 existing systems Software: Word, Excel, Insurance Adjustments No centralized resources / backup strategy Systems function independently No Web presence

Introduction (Current Configuration)

Product Description & Intended Use

Provide a cost-effective and reliable system to consolidate company data Implement Local Area Network (LAN) Deploy Virtual Servers (Windows Server 2008) Data backup to Network Attached Storage (NAS)

device Develop Web Site

User Profile

Network Administrator AD Domain & Enterprise Admin Local Workstation Admin Complete System Access

Supervisor User Complete access to all network file shares

General User Access to general-purpose file shares only

Design Protocols (Virtual Host Server)

Dell T105 Server 64-bit AMD Opteron Quad-Core Processor 8Gb RAM 500Gb Disk Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

Design Protocols (Virtual Server #1)

Active Directory Domain Controller DNS DHCP File & Print Services Host Network Shares Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Std. Edition)

Design Protocols (Virtual Server #2)

IIS Web Server Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Web Edition)

Design Protocols (continued)

Group Policy Redirect My Documents & Desktop Folders Login Script

System Backup Windows Server Backup 2008 Stored on NAS device (Buffalo HS-DH 1Tb)

Volume Shadow Copy Allows users to recover deleted files

Design Protocols (New Configuration)

Design Protocols (Web Site)

Development Tools Microsoft Expression Studio 2 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) GIMP

General Information Company Overview Services Offered Service Area Claim Assignment Submission Information Contact Information

Deliverables (Technical)

Dell T105 Virtual Host Server Virtual Server #1 (AD, DNS, DHCP, File & Print) Virtual Server #2 (IIS Web Server) Virtual XP Workstation (Client Access Testing) Web Site

Deliverables (Documentation)

System Installation & Setup Guide System Administration & Maintenance Guide Disaster Recovery Plan Security Audit Hypervisor Comparison

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 VMware ESXi

Design & Development (Budget)

Design & Development (Timeline)

Design & Development (Hardware)

Dell T105 64-bit Quad-Core Server Buffalo HS-DH1.0TGL/R5 Terastation (NAS) Netgear FS116 16-port 10/100 Ethernet

Switch

Design & Development (Software)

Windows Server 2008 Host Server (Hyper-V) Virtual Server #1 (Standard Edition) Virtual Server #2 (Web Edition)

Microsoft Expression Studio 2 GIMP

Design & Development (Testing)

System Testing Hardware Diagnostics / Burn-In Monitor System & Application Logs Backup & Restore Web Site

User Acceptance Testing Login Script Folder Redirection Shared Folder Access

Design & Development (Risk Management)

Proof of Design (Demonstration)

Let’s take a look at the system…

Needs & Solutions Brief

No centralized resources No system backup strategy No Web presence Budgetary constraints Lax system security No disaster recovery plan Agency personnel has limited systems

experience

Conclusion

Agency faced numerous Information Technology challenges

Agency greatly benefits from using virtualization technology to consolidate & protect company data

Web site provides market visibility Project solves challenges faced by Jim Brown

Independent Insurance Agency