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Prepare a report advising the manager on the equipment needed, on relative costs, on the advantages and disadvantages of changing the type of network you would recommend.  

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A SOLICITOR'S PRACTICE USES SIX STAND-ALONE COMPUTERS TO MANAGE CLIENT RECORDS, APPOINTMENTS, STAFF PAY AND ALL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS. THE PRACTICE MANAGER IS CONSIDERING CHANGING TO A LAN. PREPARE A REPORT ADVISING THE MANAGER ON THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED, ON RELATIVE COSTS, ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHANGING THE TYPE OF NETWORK YOU WOULD RECOMMEND. Dear Sir I am writing in answer to your previous enquiry. With a medium sized practice such as your own with six stand-alone computers, I would strongly recommend simply getting a non-hierarchical peer to peer as it simply would not be worth investing approximately £4,000 on a server. Also, the server is a large machine and you would need a large area for it to be kept, it would look a mess if in the actual practice, as all the cables would come from it. Also you would need to pay for someone to be trained as the...

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