Hudson Valley classroom computers utilize a system called VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure). With VDI, the client running on the physical machine (in the classroom) connects to an image running on a server. (That is, the Windows instance is running on a server in a data center). Currently, the VDI servers are located in a HVCC data center on campus, with an off campus backup facility.

You are asked by HVCC to examine the current infrastructure, and to make recommendations on possible improvements in terms of scalability, server costs, security and reliability. Some are arguing for an approach where HVCC does not own the server farm infrastructure hardware. Some believe having the equipment locally is important.

Your assignment is to discuss approaches, e.g. server farm on campus, server farm in cloud, hybrid solutions and discuss the pro and con considerations with these approaches in terms of scalability, response time, costs (equipment, operational, ...), reliability, and disaster recovery. While you don't know the details of the current implementation, your objective is to lay out the considerations and also what questions you would have in meeting with HVCC I/T in order to recommend an approach appropriate to the organization.

Note that this is a 30 point assignment. I expect at least a couple/few pages on this, but you do not need to create a 100 page paper.