Technology in Roundup Public Schools
1999 Approximately 50 to 60 total computers and 30 printers in the District 20 iMac Plus--High School library, 10 to 12 Apple machines-- High School 15 Apple machines --Elementary 2 PC’s--Business office 10 PC’s in Business classroom--HS
First Purchase with Grant
Networking 48 Hubs and Switches, 3 Sonicwall 100 Pro Firewall, Server, Filters, 3 DSL Routers 8 Power Supplies,8 Combiners, 7.5 to 8 miles of network cable (CAT 5 cable, RJ 45 connecters) 3 complete Local Area Networks (LAN), 3 DSL connections Total Network Devices---73 Computers 65 iMacs, 22 eMacs, 22 G3 Macs, 39 Older Macs, 113 PC Based Computers 14 Mac Laptops, 10 PC Laptops, 4 Mac Servers, 1 PC Server Total Computers in Service 1/1/ Printers 27 Network Printers, 62 Individual Printers Total Printers in Use Equipment in Use March 1, 2004
Computers and classroom equipment CentralJR/SR HighCCColonyTotal Teacher iMacs Teacher PC Teacher PC Laptop Student iMacs Student PC Student PC Laptops Projectors Document Cameras B&W Printer Color Printer Classroom items Total Computers—547 Total other--130 Teacher Station/Classroom iMac, Doc Camera, Projector
Bytespeed Server1 Watchguard Server1 Watchguard Firewall1 Phone System1 Paging system1 Wired Phones34 Wireless Phones1 Cisco Wireless Access Points6 Cisco 1 gig POE Switches6 Trango Wireless Radio Connections3 Bytespeed Server1 Voice Mail Server1 Bell System Server1 Watchguard Server1 Watchguard Firewall1 Phone System1 Paging System1 Wireless Phone System1 Wired Phones37 Wireless Phones2 Cisco Wireless Access Points5 Cisco 1 gig POE Switches6 Trango Wireless Radio Connections1 ITV System1 Bytespeed Server 2 Watchguard Server 1 Watchguard Firewall 1 Phone System 1 Wired Phones 5 Wireless Phones 0 Cisco Wireless Access Points 1 Cisco 1 gig POE Switches 3 Trango Wireless Radio Connections 2 Watchguard Firewall/VPN 1 Networking Colony Junior/Senior High School Central School Community Center
Users to Tech support ratio 60:1 is standard ratio OS & Hardware Standards More than one OS and different hardware standards Drop to 45:1 ( Windows XP,7, Server 03 and 08, Mac OS X.4, X.5, X.6) (Tablets, laptops, touch screens, Desktops) Complexity of Environment needs to be considered Wireless AP, Wireless Radios, POE 1 gig switches, Watchguard firewall Do users have Local Admin rights Restrict local admin rights +5 to 1 Power users have Admin Rights +5 to 1 can cause more issues How much Software Deployment is there (Constant changes in present software and additions?) What are the Technology Trends in the environment ( more and more complex, 1 to 1, BYOD, fiber, VPN, redundancy ) Is Cloning used to setup machines +15 to 1
Coming Trends for Roundup Public Schools Fiber Connections to internet Redundancy between buildings over Fiber and Wireless Online testing BYOD 1 to 1 Cloud based programs With air conditioner installed in Tech Room (back of 21) We can look at Blade servers and think about combining and changing server setup as needed.