Checklist for CD-ROM Networking

I. What is currently available?

Infrastructure

[ ] CD-ROM drives
[ ] Stand-alone workstations
[ ] Secure back-room
[ ] Local Area Network
[ ] Wide Area Network

Other resources

[ ] Resident Techie
[ ] Systems Department
[ ] Budget allocation
[ ] Promise of money

II. What approach to take?

Local area network

[ ] Ground zero to CD-ROM LAN
[ ] LAN to CD-ROM LAN

Wide area network

[ ] CD-ROM LAN to CD-ROM WAN
[ ] WAN to CD-ROM WAN

Other

[ ] CD-ROM network to something else
[ ] Remote access

III. What will get the job done?

Software

[ ] CD-Manager
[ ] CD-Net
[ ] CD-Now
[ ] CD-View/CD-Vision
[ ] DiscView
[ ] OPTI-NET
[ ] SCSI Express
[ ] Other

Hardware

[ ] Multi-drive unit
[ ] Tower
[ ] Jukebox
[ ] Gateway
[ ] Discport
[ ] Other

IV. What has to be done?

Plan and install network

[ ] Design the network
[ ] Install the network

Care and feeding of network

[ ] Write the batch files
[ ] Manage the network
[ ] Update the CD-ROMs
[ ] Troubleshoot the network

Documentation & training

[ ] Write the documentation
[ ] Train the staff
[ ] Train the users