I work for a large company and to reduce calls to the helpdesk we intend to design and implement a database driven intranet site that will list every printer by make, model, IP address and server path (Windows and mainframe) for a requested building/floor. The site will contain approximatly 1700 buildings and 25,000 printers. The user will click on the state/city/building address and choose which printer to install from a table format. They will click on an *.lnk file (windows shortcut) which will prompt them to install
the printer. Given that the site could see 500 hits a day from users and maybe 100 or so from administrative people updating the database, which database package should I use? Access/MS SQL, Orical, MySQL, etc? We’re already using HP JetAdmin to monitor printers, but have numerous non-HP printers and 4000 mainframe printers to be listed. Has anyone done this in another company or are there out-of-the-box solutions?