A user has a wireless home office and would like to add file storage and print server to the domain. The user has only enough funds to upgrade one feature on the server. Which of the following would…

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Options

• AAdd a second multi-core processor for faster computations
• BAdd a Gigabit Ethernet card for fast file transfers.
• CReplace Windows XP Professional with the newer Windows 7 Home Premium
• DAdd an additional hard drive to create a RAID 0

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  13% (7)
• D
  77% (40)

Explanation

For a file storage and print server role, the primary bottleneck is disk I/O and storage capacity. Adding a second hard drive to create RAID 0 doubles both the available storage capacity and disk read/write throughput through striping, directly improving performance for the file serving role. A second processor provides no meaningful benefit for file/print serving workloads. Gigabit Ethernet would help transfer speeds over wired connections, but the office is wireless, so the wireless adapter remains the bottleneck for client connections. Replacing Windows XP Professional with Windows 7 Home Premium is actually a downgrade for domain environments - Home Premium cannot join a Windows domain, making it unsuitable for a domain-connected server role.

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