This semester project required to build, from the ground up, a prospectus for a fictional corporation that was looking to upgrade its entire IT infrastructure.

1. Elysium Technical Services
PROPOSED SERVER/CLIENT
CONFIGURATION
For CROISS Manufacturing, LLC
BY
Steven Adams
12/2013

2.  INTRODUCTION to the PROJECT
 CLIENT DESCRIPTION
 VENDOR COMPARISON for the SEVERS and
CLIENTS
 SUMMARY and RECOMMENDATIONS
CONTENT

3.  We were tasked by CROISS Manufacturing, LLC to
design it’s client/ server configuration in order to
increase productivity, minimize cost and deliver a
qualitative product.
INTODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

4. CROISS Manufacturing, LLC is an automotive
components manufacturing company with locations in
Indianapolis, IN (Headquarters)
Ann Arbor, MI (Manufacturing site)
San Francisco, CA (Manufacturing site)
Dallas, TX (Manufacturing site)
Jacksonville, FL (Manufacturing site)
CLIENT DESCRIPTION

6.  For the headquarters located in Indianapolis, IN, the client
has One-Hundred Fifty (150) full-time users comprising:
 Twenty (20) Executives – Will require one (1) tablet and one (1) desktop
each.
 Thirty (30) Sales Representatives/Mangers - Will require one (1) tablet and
one (1) laptop each.
 Fifty (50) Order Processors – Will require one (1) tablet each.
 Twenty-five (25) Financial Analysts - Will require one (1) laptop each.
 Twenty-five (25) various administrators, including system managers - Will
require one (1) desktop each.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION CONT’D

7.  For the Ann Arbor, MI location, the company has Two-
Hundred (200) full and part-time users comprising:
 One-Hundred fifty (150) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3)
shifts - Will require access to one thin client for each associate per shift.
 Fifty (50) Warehouse Manager roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager – Will need one (1) desktop and one (1) laptop.
 Nine (9) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts – Will require
one laptop each.
 Forty (40) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts – Will require
one (1) desktop each.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION CONT’D

8.  For the Dallas, TX location, the company has One-Hundred
Sixty (160) full and part-time users comprising:
 One Hundred-twenty (120) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3)
shifts – Will require access to one thin client for each associate per shift.
 Forty (40) Warehouse Management roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager - Will require one (1) desktop and one (1) laptop.
 Seven (7) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts - Will require
one (1) laptop each.
 Thirty-two (32) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts – Will
require one (1) desktop each.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION CONT’D

9.  For the San Francisco, CA location, the company has 120
full and part-time users comprising:
 Ninety (90) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3) shifts –
Will require access to one thin client for each associate per shift
 Thirty (30) Warehouse Management roles comprising:
 One (1) General Manager – Will require one (1) desktop and one (1) laptop.
 Five (5) Human Resources personnel across the three (3) shifts - Will require
one (1) laptop each.
 Twenty-Four (24) various Project Managers across the three (3) shifts - Will
require one (1) desktop each.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION CONT’D

10.  For the Jacksonville, FL location, the company has sixty
(60) full and part-time users comprising:
 Forty-five (45) Manufacturing Associates working in three (3) shifts
- Will require access to one thin client for each associate per shift
 Fifteen (15) Warehouse Management associates comprising:
 One (1) General Manager - Will require one (1) desktop and one (1) laptop.
 Three (3) Human Resources personnel for each shift – Will require one (1)
laptop each
 Eleven (11) various Project Managers across three (3) shifts – Will require one
(1) desktop each.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION CONT’D

11. After critically looking at five (5) different vendors comprising of :
IBM
ORACLE
TOSHIBA
HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) AND
DELL
The team at Elysium Technical Services has collated detailed
information for your company on HP and DELL. This is based on
the fact of each vendor producing quality products at reasonable
price points.
VENDOR SELECTION

12. HP ProLiant BL685c G7
Server)
Dell power edge R9810
4U Rack server
PROCESSOR AMD Opteron™ Model 6136
(8 core, 2.4 GHz, 12MB L3,
115W)
Intel® Xeon® processors
7500 series
PROCESSORS CORES Four processor with up to
16 cores
Four processor with up
10 cores
CPU SPEED 2.20GHZ to 2.60 ghz
depending on the core
numbers
2.20GHZ
SERVERS (APPLICATION and DATABASE)

13. HP Dell
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
Standard memory is 32GB
but scalable to 1TB
Standard memory is 32GB
but scalable to 2TB
NETWORK CONTROLLER (2) 10GbE NC551i
FlexFabric 2 Ports per
controller
Broadcom® 57711 4-port (2
x 10GbE) ports controller
HARD DRIVE 600GB but scalable to 1TB 600GB but scalable to 1TB
PRICE $32,189 $32,095
SERVERS (APPLICATION and DATABASE)
CONT’D

14. HP TouchPad Dell Latitude 10.1 LED Net-
tablet
RAM 1 GB SDRAM 2.00 GB DDR2 SDRAM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 1.2GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon dual-core
APQ8060 processor
Intel Atom Z670 1.50 GHz
SCREEN SIZE 9.7 “ 10.1”
HARD DRIVE 32 GB 32 GB
PRICE $310 $773.22
CLIENTS (TABLETS for EXECUTIVES)

15. HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB
9.7-Inch Tablet
Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi Tablet
RAM 1 GB SDRAM 2.00 GB DDR2 SDRAM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 1.2GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon dual-core
APQ8060 processor
1 GHz Tegra 2.0
SCREEN SIZE 9.7 “ 10.1”
HARD DRIVE 16 GB 16 GB
PRICE $264.99 $193
CLIENTS (TABLETS for SALES REPS and
ORDER PROCESSORS)

16. HP Pavilion p7-1235
Desktop
Dell XPS X8500-2631BK
Desktop
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
8GB SDRAM SCALING UP
TO 16GB
8GB DDR3 SCALING UP TO
16GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED 3.2 GHz A10-Series Quad-
Core A8-5500
3.1 GHz Core i7-3770
HARD DRIVE 1TB 1 TB
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch LED
Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
PRICE $820 $1056
CLIENTS (DESKTOPS for EXECUTIVES)

17. HP Compaq 8200 Elite
Ultra-Slim Desktop PC
Dell Inspiron i660s-2308BK
Desktop
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
4GB SDRAM SCALING UP
TO 16GB
4GB DDR3 SCALING UP TO
16GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
2.7 GHz Pentium G630
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch LED
Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
HARD DRIVE 500GB`` 500GB
PRICE $789 $554
CLIENTS (DESKTOPS for SYSTEM MANAGERS
and OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL)

18. HP Compaq Business
Desktop Dc7800
Dell Inspiron Zino HD
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
1GB DDRS SDRAM
SCALING UP TO 4GB
2GB DDR2 SDRAM SCALING
UP TO 8GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
Intel Pentium Dual Core
E2200 / 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 2650e / 1.6 GHz
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 21.5-Inch LED
Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 21.5” LED
Monitor
HARD DRIVE 320GB`` 320GB
PRICE $315 $370
CLIENTS (DESKTOPS for PLANT
MANAGERS)

19. HP Pavilion G7-2023cl
Notebook Pc [Laptop]
Dell Inspiron i14Z-1424BK
14-Inch Laptop
RAM 4 GB SDRAM DDR3 4 GB DIMM
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
2.7 GHz AMD A10 Series
2.3 GHz Core i7-2350M
SCREEN SIZE 17.3” 14”
HARD DRIVE 1TB 1TB
PRICE $869 $1043
CLIENTS (LAPTOPS for FINANCIAL
ANALYSTS)

20. HP G62-225DX Dell Inspiron 15R 15.6"
Notebook
RAM INCLUDING
SCALABILITY
3GB SDRAM DDR2
SCALABLE TO 8GB
3 GB DDR3
PROCESSOR AND SPEED
Intel core i7/ 2.3 GHz
Intel Core i7-380M (2.53GHz
SCREEN SIZE 15.6” 15.6”
HARD DRIVE 320GB`` 320GB
PRICE 649 $823
CLIENTS (NOTEBOOKS for WAREHOUSE
MANAGERS)

21. HP t610 Flexible Thin
Client
DELL OPTIPLEX FX170 THIN
CLIENT
RAM 2 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
SDRAM SCALABLE TO
4GB
2GB DDR2 667MHz
SCALABLE TO 4GB
PROCESSOR AND SPEED AMD Dual-Core T56N APU
with Radeon HD 6320
Graphics (1.65 GHz, 1 MB
L2 cache
Intel® Atom™ n270
1.6GHz/Intel 945 GSE
MONITORS SIZE HP 2211x 17 -Inch LED
Monitor - Black
Dell P2212H 17” LED
Monitor
FLASH MEMORY 2GB BUT SCALABLE TO
16GB BASED ON
OPERATING SYSTEM
4GB FLASH STORAGE
PRICE $399 $449
CLIENTS (THIN CLIENTS for WAREHOUSE
ASSOCIATES)

22. Site Dell HP
Indianapolis, IN-
100 Tablets, 25 Notebooks, 45 Desktops, and 2 Servers
$159,135 $151,628
Columbus, OH-
2 Servers
$173,088 $162,698
Ann Arbor, MI-
90 Desktops, 10 Laptops, and 2 Servers
$128,170 $122,718
Dallas, TX-
72 Desktops, 8 Laptops, and 2 Servers
$102,536 $99,134
San Francisco, CA-
54 Desktops, 6 Laptops, and 2 Servers
$76,902 $74,351
Jacksonville, FL-
27 Desktops, 3 Laptops, and 2 Servers
$38,451 $37,625
Service Charge $203,485 $291,670
Consulting Fee $200,000 $200,000
Total $1,081,767 $1,139,824

23.  After several weeks of deliberation, investigation, and
information gathering, the Elysium Technical Services team
and CROISS management came to conclusion that HP
along with their after-sales services would be the best
client/service provider for CROISS Manufacturing, LLC.
 Though price comparisons between the two chosen
vendors (the total price of Dell products and service
($1,081,767) to the total price of HP products and service
($1,139,824), Dell is the more affordable alternative, but the
3-years annual service from HP, in the long-term, would
pay for itself.
Summary and Recommendation