Outage Management: Disaster recovery & System Redundancy
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High Availability and Disaster Recovery DJ Gillit
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Here's a power outage management focused presentation from Milsoft's 2009 User Conference. It was originally presented there by DJ Gillit. The Milsoft Electric Utility Solutions Users Conference is the premier event for both our users and vendors offering interoperable utility management services that enhance Milsoft Smart Grid Solutions. If you’d like to be on our mailing list, just email: [email protected].
Transcript of Outage Management: Disaster recovery & System Redundancy
ProblemSouth 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 Architecture Virtual Architecture
Traditional vs. 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
localLINUX ®
• Founded in 2002• Specializing application and hardware
virtualization• Managed services & solutions provider•Certified on the Virtual Infrastructure 3 and vSphere 4 platforms from VMware ®.
VMware ® Virtualization
Questions & Comments
What training would my employees need?
How much does it cost?
What changes will need to be made to myexisting infrastructure?
localLINUX ® & South Plains Electric Coop
Contact Information:Michael Strong – [email protected] Gillit – [email protected] Latham – [email protected]
Or Contact Us at: (866)-430-2647
