Server Farm, Major Elements - Status Report

Server Farm, Major Elements - Status Report

Group Members
The proposed research is as follows:
- Background information on server farms:
  - What is a server farm?
  - Companies
  - Why server farms?
  - The Background will also include key definitions of the associated terms.
- Structure of Server Farm:
  - Logical
  - Physical
General examples/Specific examples
- Physical Premises:
  - Security
  - Location
  - Infrastructure
- Advantages/Disadvantages
Timetable

For a time scale the following is what has been suggested:
November 8th - 14th: Background information on server farms.
November 15th - 20th: Structure of Server Farm.
November 21st - 25th: Physical Premises.
November 26th - 29th: Grouping each of the components together.

There is a great deal of flexibility with the dates and it is expected that there will be a great deal of overlap within certain topics so to a certain extent the boundaries may become blurred on certain topics more so than on others. The final period also offers an opportunity for an overall review of the structure and the design.