Assessment 3 Detail
Task
Answer each of the questions below:
o Describe the difference between a locally hosted school (ie. in an enterprise
data centre) and a school service provided using a SaaS provider. What are the
critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise would need to consider in
choosing to migrate from a locally hosted service to an SaaS service? Your
description should take no more than two to 3 pages.
o Describe the difference between locally hosted university infrastructure (ie. in
an enterprise data centre) and a university infrastructure provided using an
IaaS provider. What are the critical points, other than cost, that an enterprise
would need to consider in choosing to migrate from local hosted infrastructure
to an IaaS service provider? Your description should take no more than two to
3 pages.
o ECA, wants to investigate moving two of its educational arms to a service-
based model where many of its services would be supplied to its clients as a
service, in addition to its plans to move to an IaaS model. There are several
infrastructure models that could possibly be used to achieve this. Some of
these models are:
1. Local hosted infrastructure and applications.
2. Local hosted infrastructure with some SaaS applications.
3. Hybrid infrastructure (some locally hosted infrastructure with some
IaaS) and applications.
4. Hybrid infrastructure and applications with some SaaS applications.
5. Full IaaS model with some with SaaS apps.
6. Full SaaS model.
You are required to choose an infrastructure model that you think will achieve the
ECA Roadmap;
Describe the benefits and drawbacks, excluding costs, of your chosen infrastructure
model. Your description should take no more than two to 3 pages.
Assessments 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric
The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark.
The marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page.
Assessment 2 Marking Criteria and Rubric
Marking
Criteria
Excellent
(85-100% of the criterion
mark)
Very Good
(75-84% of the
criterion mark)
Good
(65-74% of the
criterion mark)
Satisfactory
(50-64% of the
criterion mark)
Not Satisfactory
(0-49% of the criterion
mark)
Q1 – Services
(30 Marks)
Clear, comprehensive
description of a school
service differences, critical
points identified &
discussed
Detailed description of
a school service
differences, critical
points identified &
discussed,
Good description of
school service
differences, some
critical points identified
& discussed,
Adequate description
of school service
differences, some
critical points
identified
Incomplete or inadequate
description of school
service differences, none
or few critical points
identified
Q2 –
Infrastructure
(30 Marks)
Clear, comprehensive
description of university
infrastructure differences,
critical points identified &
discussed,
Detailed description of
university
infrastructure
differences, critical
points identified &
discussed,
Good description of
university infrastructure
differences, some
critical points identified
& discussed,
Adequate description
of university
infrastructure
differences, some
critical points
identified
Inadequate or incomplete
description of university
infrastructure differences,
none or few critical
points identified
Q3a
Infrastructure
Model
(20 Marks)
Clear & comprehensive
description of ECA
infrastructure model
choice and reasoning
Detailed description of
ECA infrastructure
model choice and
reasoning
Good description of
ECA infrastructure
model choice with some
reasoning
Adequate description
of ECA infrastructure
model choice with
limited reasoning
Inadequate or incomplete
description of ECA
infrastructure model
choice with no reasoning
Q3b Benefits &
Drawbacks
(20 Marks)
Clear & comprehensive
description of
infrastructure benefits and
drawbacks with reasoning
Detailed description of
infrastructure benefits
and drawbacks with
reasoning
Good description of
infrastructure benefits
and drawbacks with
some reasoning
Adequate description
of infrastructure
benefits and
drawbacks with
limited reasoning
Inadequate or incomplete
description of
infrastructure benefits
and drawbacks with no
reasoning
Spelling,
Grammar,
Presentation
Up to 5 marks may be deducted for poor presentation, spelling and grammar