Integrated DHCP/DNS on one affordable server
Nickerson South Hutchinson's commitment to maximising technology across its curriculum has seen every student equipped with a personal Chromebook or iPad. On top of that, the district started offering BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) mobile phone access.
1,200 students and several hundred staff using school-owned as well as personal devices on and off throughout the school day, amounted to more than 4,000 active IP connections. The increased demand was outgrowing the district's core network solutions.
The switch Nickerson used for DCHP couldn't handle the large volumes of IP lease requests, and the Windows AD server was struggling to handle the thousands of internet (DNS) requests. IT Director Aaron Bell was receiving complaints of connectivity glitches – in some cases students couldn't connect, others couldn't access websites.
Aaron needed to upgrade both DNS and DHCP solutions. But with a restrictive school budget, he needed to deliver high impact at best value. Luckily DNSBOX's ultra-secure, high performance integrated DNS/DHCP solution meant he could accommodate both services on a single server – making it very affordable.
For far less than he thought possible, Aaron was able to deploy a redundant pair of DNSBOX200s – one at each of the district's separate datacentres. The district can now provide the rock-solid, high availability network service it needs, with student access safeguarded should either server fail.
