Title: Lesson 16: Discussion
Course: RITA MC - ITNW 1308 > Section: Lesson 16: Configuring Remote Connections

Ralph is an IT director who is trying to reduce the enormous WAN costs incurred by his network. Toward this end, he is using BranchCache in hosted cache mode in each of his company’s five branch offices. Workers in the branches must frequently access case log files stored on servers at the company headquarters, update them with new information, and save them back to the server. The content servers at the headquarters are all running Windows Server 2012 R2 and the BranchCache clients are a mixture of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Each branch office also has a hosted cache server running Windows Server 2008 R2.  After installing the required roles and features on the servers, and after configuring the appropriate Group Policy settings, Ralph has only noticed a slight reduction in WAN traffic. Describe two ways that Ralph can modify the installation to reduce the WAN traffic further.

You will post your response to this discussion and respond to at least two of your class members posts. If you do not post your response and respond to two of your class members posts you will not receive credit for any of the work in this discussion. Your post must address all points, be clear and well thought out. It must contain at least 50 words to be considered for grading. You will cite a source for each post or comment that you provide. It is great to say that it is your personal opinion, however that opinion was gained by something that you read or saw. You will need to cite that source.

Note: Your discussion board will have two different deadlines. The first deadline is to have your initial post completed that way your class members will have plenty of time to respond to your post. That deadline is always the Tuesday before the posted due date. The second deadline is your reply to two of your class members post. Missing either of these deadlines will result in an immediate zero. This is the guidelines for all discussion boards.