High Availability and Disaster Recovery DJ Gillit

Problem
South Plains Electric Coop
Lack of either HA or DR Servers could go down at any time Time intensive to repair Servers must be life cycled Aging SQL Server CPU overloaded, memory constraints Limited local disk space One off Servers Server Sprawl Machines are not fully utilized

VMware History
Virtualization implemented in 1960s by IBM
Used to logically partition mainframes Cut costs and allowed for multitasking Distributed Computing 1980s and 1990s, relatively inexpensive hardware Highly underutilized Increased infrastructure costs Increased management costs

VMware Virtualization Benefits

Lower TCO Server Consolidation Cut down servers at 10:1 ratio Get away from One offs High Availability Lose minutes instead of days Disaster Recovery Restore to specific moments in time

VMware Virtualization Benefits Continued

Lower Power Consumption
Save up to $2300 a year per server

Easier Hardware Life Cycle

No downtime

Supports Mainstream Software

Milsoft is virtualization ready

Support for I/O Intensive Applications (Exchange, SQL,

Oracle, etc.) Move mission critical applications with no performance impact

Traditional vs. Virtual Architecture

Traditional Architecture

Virtual Architecture

Disaster Recovery vs. High Availability High Availability hardware and software implementations that allows for a certain degree of operational continuity during a given period. Disaster Recovery policies and procedures in preparation for recovery in case of a natural or human-induced disaster.

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

Solution Server Consolidation

Move production machines to pre-existing equipment Use VMware vSphere 4
Install ESX 4.0 on hosts Install vCenter Server for consolidated management Configure full image backups Configure site replication to machines in the Disaster Recovery site

Proposed Infrastructure

Replication

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Questions & Comments What training would my employees need? How much does it cost? What changes will need to be made to my existing infrastructure?

localLINUX & South Plains Electric Coop Contact Information: Michael Strong mstrong@localLINUX.com DJ Gillit dgillit@localLINUX.com Steven Latham slatham@spec.coop Or Contact Us at: (866)-430-2647