JAKE IS THE SYSTEMS ENGINEER FOR RUNNERS INC. RUNNERS INC. HAS 30 W...
2. Jake is the systems engineer for Runners Inc. Runners Inc. has 30 Windows Server 2003servers, 500 Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 Professional client workstations.Jake’s boss has asked him to help in the development of a new solution for two smallbranch offices that will be used to deploy two applications to approximately 10 users ateach office. Jim has been asked to explain what the most cost would be associated with.What is the best answer Jim could offer??A. The clientsB. The Terminal Server C. A PC workstation at each siteD. You should not use a Terminal Server solutionB. Using a centralized computing environment will mean that most of the costs associ-ated with running this solution are placed on the Terminal Server, where all the intelli-gence and computing strength is. Since the hardware used to run the Terminal Server isfairly inexpensive it will be a cheaper solutionA,C,D. AnswerA is incorrect, because the clients will be thin clients and very littlecost is associated with deploying thin clients. Answer C is incorrect, because you wouldnot use PC’s in this location if you can deploy thin clients to save money. Answer Disincorrect, because since is has to be a cost effective solution you would need to deploya Terminal Server with a thin client solution.