Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Network Project
Harold Copeland
CMGT/554
11/11/13
Dean Mcintyre

Company Overview Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a community hospital that provides healthcare services designed to meet the needs of patients at every stage of life. The hospital was originally founded in 1975. Patton-Fuller Community Hospital has been an important part of the community since its opening. Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is located on the corner of 61st. Street and Jump Street (Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, 2013). Patton-Fuller Community Hospital has provided quality healthcare services for the entire family since its opening while keeping its patients information and data secure even in this current digital age. Patton-Fuller’s IT departments strives to provide the healthcare facility with the most stable, secure, and fast network possible.
Data Transmission Patton-Fuller’s I.T. data center consist of a HIS system computer, a Windows Exchange Server, an Internet Server, data center workstations and a RAS Server. The hospital HIS computer system is composed of an IBM Series 29EC mainframe. This mainframe is currently utilizing Linux for its operating system. The IBM 29EC mainframe contains 18 processors and 32 gigabytes of memory. This system is using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for its security. The IBM 29EC is connected to a 10 Terabyte network attached storage (NAS) by a 4 gigabyte fiber link (Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, 2013). The Window Exchange Server Patton-Fuller operates is an IBM system X3250. This server includes 2 Gigabyte of memory and a dual core 2.6 Gigabytes processor. The server is using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, 2013). Patton-Fullers Window Exchange Server supports its emailing needs. This server provides the hospital with the tools required