TAB Data Center Renovation Project

Planning for Transition of Summer 2013

February 21, 2013

TAB Atrium

Thank you for your help so far…• We have begun Phase 1 of our construction

Moving a 30-ton cooling capacity roof top unit on Saturday, February 16

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Then

Now

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Where were we before this journey began?

• Physical Servers: 409

• Virtual Servers: 93• All “old” architecture going to Quad

switches• Prior to fiber optic “New Architecture” and

TSSDC as additional Data Center

Data from May 2011Does not include HPC or Storage

We made progress along the way…

• Physical Servers: 291

• Virtual Servers: 288 (combined TAB/TSS)• “New Architecture” in place• “Old Architecture” still exists for many

things

Data from May 2012Does not include HPC or Storage

Where are we now in TABDC?

• Physical Items: 210• 55 in “New Architecture”• 155 in “Old Architecture”

• Of those, 80 are slated for retirement or virtualization

• Virtual Servers: 285 (plus 185 in TSSDC)• 239 in “New Architecture”

• 46 in “Old Architecture”*

Data from January 2013Does not include HPC or Storage

What does that look like graphically?

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Physical layout of TAB Data Center

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Proposal you saw last June

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Actual plans based on modifications

Phase 1Phase 1 Phase 2Phase 2

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Construction Timeline

• Roof, electrical, floor work all underway now on Left Side

• Current Stage = Demolition• Construction crews on hand next several

Saturdays to minimize disruptions during normal working hours

• Communications to inhabitants of TAB on a bi-weekly basis with look ahead for major milestones

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IT Timeline• Current construction timeline is 4 weeks to move

everything from Right side to Left side once we are delivered a completed Phase 1. Target late June.

• 4-6 weeks prior, we hope to have shared access to install cabinets and cabling, burn in new equipment (May 1-June 15). Split redundant network during this time*

• Target date for Retirements and Re-IP = April 30– Months of May and June are filled with obstacles due to

Academic calendar

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Targets for end of Phase 1• 210“items” to move: Servers, Storage, Network, HPC,

Mainframe• First pass discussion, Technology Services identified:

– 52 items that could be retired outright

– 28 items that could be virtualized

– 55 items that are already “New Architecture” and can move easily

– 10 items for Storage (actual size 6+ cabinets)

• Leaves 68 items that need to be Re-IP’ed into “New Architecture”

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Why?

• All equipment is being re-racked into new standardized racks. – Minimizing number of items to move or addressing

beforehand means we can meet our 4-week window.

• Knowing what is going where allows us to plan our equipment purchases for networking and allocate power efficiently.

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Not Shown:HPC, Mainframe w/Storage,

Tape Backup (~7 cabinets)

Items currently in TABDC slated for retirement/virtualization

Items currently in TABDC slated for retirement/virtualization

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Thank you for your help so far…

…interesting times still ahead!

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