What investigation will you do with regard to the physical infrastructure of the orchards, orchard stacks, and the cold storage buildings? This case study suggest scalability, the textbook stated that when analyzing a customer’s scalability goals, it is important to keep in mind that there are obstacles to scalability, in this case the fruit trees can grow tall and leafy, therefore they can absorb wireless radio frequency (RF) signal (Oppenheimer, 2011). Therefore, the selection of technology that can meet Harriett’s goals for accommodating her tall fruit trees is vital and the having proper storage is essential as well, because the cold storage buildings have ice hazards, which impedes the installation of equipment. Scalability is integral during the phase of network design process such whether to use LAN or WAN. In my opinion the usage of WAN would be better due to the cold storage buildings, because it have less capacity than LANs, but also it has more affordability due to routing protocols that can minimizes WAN traffic, improve efficiency on WAN circuits the utilization of a compression, allocated WAN bandwidth (Oppenheimer, 2011). The utilization of Ethernet because it has the standard method for connecting servers, switches, and end users’ machines (Oppenheimer, 2011).
Make a list of business goals for Harriet’s Fruits and Chocolate Company. What are some constraints that will affect these goals? The value of knowing the Harriett’s business goals and constraints is a crucial aspect of network design (Oppenheimer, 2011). Keep in mind network upgrades are made not because some new technology sounds interesting to engineers, but because it will help an enterprise increase profits, productivity, market share, and cash flow, therefore, network designers must choose solutions that address the business dilemmas faced by business managers (Oppenheimer, 2011). First, the utilization of e-commerce applications, so that web orders can correctly specify availability, which refers to the amount of a network is available to users and it is critical goal for network design (Oppenheimer, 2011). Next, efficiency plays a vital role because it specifies how much overhead is required to produce a required outcome; in this case much of the fruit ripening so as soon as it ripens it can be placed in the proper cold storage. Third, the developments of a cold storage area that can accommodate ripen fruits. Lastly, the plan for a storage facility and that can accommodate tall leafy trees. The constraints are easy the company need a facility to store the ripe fruit, a facility for the tall trees, and e-commerce application for web orders.
Make a list of technical goals for Harriett’s Fruits and Chocolate Company. What tradeoffs might you need to make to meet these goals? As stated earlier in question one, the application of Ethernet for orchard shacks, the utilization of WAN for the cold storage area, and the usage for e-commerce applications for better availability. A tradeoff would be placing the trees in an organized and efficient manner and like all foliage like plants and vegetation.
Will a wireless solution support the low delay that will be needed to meet the needs of the applications? Defend your answer. It has already been stated about how tall and leafy the full grown are and how they affect the wireless radio frequency (RF) signal and how the installation of WAN would be beneficial for cold storage building, especially since collisions can never occur on WAN network, due to Cisco routers (Oppenheimer, 2011). Therefore, wireless will indeed help Harriet’s business because of accuracy; it will characterize how often the network reorders sequence of packets.
What security concerns should you bring up as you design the network upgrade? Security can affect the redundancy of a network design, therefore, implementing an encryption device for all the traffic and putting into operation strict security policies. The use of a firewall would be beneficial, system and data availability that can provide uninterrupted access to files or other important resources, and meeting compliance and regulatory requirements.

REFERENCE
Oppenheimer, P. Top-down network design. 3rd Ed. Cisco Press Inc. Pearson Learning
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