Analyze specialized server hardware.

Analysis should include

• uses
• characteristics
• role in the network environment
• cost and benefit analysis
• hardware specifications (e.g., redundant array of independent disks [RAID], hot-swappable devices)
• importance of higher system requirements (e.g., symmetric multiprocessing [SMP], Small Computer System Interface [SCSI] storage, additional random access memory [RAM], or central processing unit [CPU]).