Chapter 8: Network and Server Profiling

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   A change in company workforce planning to create two shifts a day instead of a regular 9-5 working day would be the most likely scenario where an organization would create a whole new network profile. Depending on how much overlap there was between shifts, this working day would likely redistribute traffic on the network through the day, although it will also mean that resources were active for longer (for example, less downtime for servers).
   Changes for daylight-saving time are likely to affect the whole organization, and would therefore just shift the normal pattern of life an hour forward or back. Members of staff going on parental leave, and a move to BYOD in a single branch, are unlikely to impact on the organization's traffic as a whole unless the individual or branch is particularly important or large compared to the rest...