Or you block it outright. Depends on the environment. Not everyone is allowed to have streaming audio, or personal coffee makers.
-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly. That's why I suggested throttling the bandwidth for those > things... Mark important services as a priority, with streaming being > the lowest. That's how you manage a network. > > We have a coffee maker and a fridge for employees that would blow a fuse > because the circuit was overloaded; it killed all the power for a cube > of 4 workers frequently. (Really, true story). > I allocated a different circuit to be used for those things to free up > electricity for where it was needed more. That's how you manage > electricity. > > See where I am going with this? > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS > > If all of your staff plugs in a radio, does it prevent staff from > turning on their lights? I'm guessing not. However, if all of your > staff starts streaming radio, it can (at least in many environments) > prevent staff from getting to internet resources they need to do their > jobs. I can't speak for anybody else out there, but we have run into > that kind of problem in the past when we couldn't effectively prevent > unauthorized streaming access. May or may not be an issue for small > shops, but when you have ~1000 users, it adds up. > > Bill Mayo > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
