tony kenny, it manager, beaumont hospital server consolidation at beaumont hospital based on ibm...
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Tony Kenny, IT Manager, Beaumont Hospital
SERVER CONSOLIDATION AT BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
BASED ON IBM HARDWARE AND VMWARE
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
LIST OF SERVERSLIST OF SERVERS
RED HAT ADVANCED SERVER 45WINDOWS SERVERS (NT/2000) 20NOVELLE 1SOLARIS 9 1HP-UX 1HP-3000 2
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SERVERS
Server Nam e MODEL O/S CPU SPEED RAM H-Drive Location Users Applications Age
NTTSVR4 HP LH4R CITRIX 2 550MHZ 3.9GB 18gb Computer Room 50 *
LINSVR4 HP LPR LINUX 1 500MHZ 500MB 18gb Computer Room 3000 Intranet *
LINSVR1 HP LH6000R LINUX 2 700MHZ 1.2GB 40GB Computer Room 1000 A/E,Accreditation,bpu,cardio,FOI, Respond, Endo,EEg, 2 Years
Flextime,Pharmacy,Health/safety,HIPE,Poisons,
LINORACLE HP LH6000R LINUX 1 700MHZ 3.3GB 130GB Computer Room 350 2 Years
NTSVR10 HP LH4R NT 2 500MHZ 2.3GB 66gb Computer Room Sql server 2 Years
NTSVR7 HP LH4R NT 2 500MHZ 2.3GB 67GB Computer Room 40 PDC, Fax Server *
NTTSVR5 HP LH4R CITRIX 2 500MHZ 1.3GB 18gb Computer Room 50 B.H.I.S, P.I.P.E.,A&E, N.D.S, McKeow ns, Intranet *
PSERVER HP LPR LINUX 1 400MHZ 640MB 18gb Computer Room N/A Print Server *
NTTSVR2 HP LH4R CITRIX 2 500MHZ 1.3GB 18gb Computer Room 50 B.H.I.S, P.I.P.E.,A&E, N.D.S, McKeow ns, Intranet *
Helpdesk Server DELL GX 260 NT 1 2.4Ghz 1GB 40GB Helpdesk/Niamh 5 Backup Helpdesk Server 1 Year
NTSVR2 HP LPR LINUX 1 500MHZ 640MB 38GB Computer Room 30 Development server *
LINTESTORACLE HP LH4R LINUX 1 500MHZ 3.3GB 60GB Computer Room N/A Oracle test databases. 3 Years
VERITAS1 HP LPR NT 1 500MHZ 256MB 9GB Computer Room 1 BackupExec / NetBackup, Webserver *
FS3 HP LPR NOVELL 1 500MHZ 256MB 18gb Computer Room 10 Blood Bank *
RENALAPPS COMPAQ ML370 NT 1 1.4GHZ 2.3GB 66gb Computer Room 40 Renalsystem 1 Year
NTSVR3 HP LXE PRO NT 2 200MHZ 196MB 15GB Computer Room 50 FTP Server, ORSOS, *
IPORTAL COMPAQ ML370 LINUX 2 1.4GHZ 2.3GB 2x 72GB Computer Room 1000 E-learning 1 Year
LINSTARSERVER1 SUN LX50 LINUX 2 1.4GHZ 2GB 1gb Computer Room 200 Staroff ice 1 Year
LINSTARSERVER2 SUN LX50 LINUX 2 1.4GHZ 2GB 1gb Computer Room 150 starof f ice 1 Year
DABLSERVER NT 1 1.8GHZ 500MB Comms room 15 DABL System 1 Year
SYBASE HP LC2000 LINUX 2 1.8GHZ 1GHZ Computer Room X-Ray, Imaging 1 Year
NTTSVR3 HP LH4R CITRIX 2 400MHZ 1.3GHZ 18gb Computer Room 50 B.H.I.S, P.I.P.E.,A&E, N.D.S, McKeow ns, Intranet *
WEBSWEEP99 COMPAQ EVO NT 1 2GHZ 256MB 8GB Comms room 200 Internet Web Sw eeper [For Decommissioning Q4 2003]3 Years
OPENVIEW DTCMGR VECTRA VE WIN95 1 200MHZ 64MB 500MB Comms room 1 Controls DTC's *
MASTERPIECE VECTRA VE NT 1 1GHZ 128MB 10GB Comms room 40 Web server for GL *
MEDLINE VECTRA VL400 LINUX 1 730GHZ 256MB 10GB Comms room 50 Medline Server [For Decomissioning Q4 2003] *
NTTPROFILES VECTRA VL420 LINUX 1 1.6GHZ 500MB 10GB Computer Room 250 Samba Print Server 2 Years
NTTSVR6 VECTRA VL400 CITRIX 1 1.9GHZ 512MB 40GB Computer Room 50 B.H.I.S, P.I.P.E.,A&E, N.D.S, McKeow ns, Intranet *
LINSVR3 HP LD PRO LINUX 1 200MHZ 450MB 40GB Computer Room 250 Holds Thin Client user data *
SYSADMIN VECTRA VL420 LINUX 1 1.9GHZ 256MB 10GB Comms room 1 Nagios Server 1 Year
HELPDESK HP LD PRO NT 2 200MHZ 654MB 10GB Comms room 10 RoyalBlue Helpdesk [Standby ] *
BLACKHOLE Svr DELL GX 260 NT 1 2.4Ghz 1GB 40GB Computer Room 3000 Black Hole 1 Year
FLEXIWEB VECTRA VL420 NT 1 1.6GHZ 512MB 10GB Comms room 1000 Web Server for Flexitime System. 3 Years
Helpdesk Server DELL GX 260 NT 1 2.4Ghz 1GB 40GB Computer Room Primary Helpdesk Server 1 Year
ANTIVIRUS VECTRA VL400 NT 1 863MHZ 512MB 10GB Comms room 1000 AntiVirus Softw are Distributer *
NTPDC HP KAYAK NT 1 350MHZ 128MB 15GB Computer Room 1000 primary domain controller *
MAILSWEEP VECTRA VL420 NT 1 1.6GHZ 512MB 10GB Comms room 800 MailSw eeper Softw are. *
New LINSVR2/3 RH9.0 2 2x3.06Ghz 3GB 216GB Computer Room 3000 Thin Client Prof iles, User Data, 1 Year
SCHEDULEDJOBS VECTRA VE NT 1 500MHZ 640MB 10GB Comms room 10 Automates scheduled tasks. *
POLLING PC VECTRA VL420 NT 1 1.6GHZ 128MB 10GB Comms room 1000 Updates Flexitime system from clocks. 3 Years
WEBSWEEP38 VECTRA VL400 NT 1 550MHZ 128MB 10GB Comms room 1000 Websw eeper *
API VECTRA VL400 NT 1 1GHZ 128MB 10GB Comms room 50 Casualty API 1 Year
HP3000 992/300 MPE 3 250MHZ 1.6GB 50GB D/R Room 3 *
HP3000 979/300 MPE 3 400MHZ 3GB 120GB Computer Room 1000 *
HP9000 L2000 HPUX 11.11 2 440mhz 3GB 120GB Computer Room 50 McKeow ns and GL Server *
HP VISUALISE B2000 HPUX 11.00 1 500MHZ 256MB 10GB Computer Room 1 OpenView 3 Years
SUN V880 Solaris5.9 2 600MHZ 1GB 550GB Computer Room 5 Radiology Images. 2 Years
SUSE Compaq Proliant SuseLinux 2 2x1.4Ghz 2.3 GB 2.72 GB Computer Room 3000 Email 1 Year
Proxy Server SUNFIRE V100 SUNSolaris 1 550MHZ 512MB 2X40GB Computer Room 1500 Squid 1 Year
Proxy Server SUNFIRE V100 SUNSolaris 1 550MHZ 512MB 2X40GB Computer Room 1500 Squid 1 Year
Doc Mgt System RH9.0 2 2x2.8Ghz 3GB 2x36GB Computer Room 3000 Jboss, Rostering System, TomCat, LDAP,CVS 1 Year
* = Totally Obsolete
B.H.I.S, P.I.P.E.,A&E, N.D.S, McKeow ns, Intranet
Social Work,toxbase,tissue typing
Oracle Database for P.I.P.E. A&E, N.D.S.
DELLPOWERDGE 2450
DELLPOWERDGE 2650
B.H.I.S. Test System
B.H.I.S.
DELLPOWERDGE 2650
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• GROWING DEMANDS• LEGACY INHERITANCE• ONE BOX / ONE APPLICATION• MAZE OF BOXES• DIFFERENT O/S VERSIONS
WINDOWS• NT• 2000• 2003
LINUX• REDHAT 8• REDHAT 9• REDHAT A/S• RED HAT E/S
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
AGE PROFILE OF SERVERSAGE PROFILE OF SERVERS< 7 yrs 85 - 7 yrs 103 - 5 yrs 371 - 2 yrs 110 - 1 yr 4
70
• RELIABILITY• SUPPORT CONTRACTS• MANAGABILITY• DIY ENGINEERING CULTURE
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT• HIGHLY COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTHIGHLY COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT• HIGHLY VOLATILEHIGHLY VOLATILE• HIGHLY CONFUSINGHIGHLY CONFUSING• GENIUS SYNDROMEGENIUS SYNDROME• DYNAMIC SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTDYNAMIC SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
WINDOWSWINDOWS LINUXLINUX MANY NEW PRODUCTSMANY NEW PRODUCTS
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SO WHAT DID WE DO
X445 ESS(6TB)
PRODUCTIONPRODUCTION
DS 4100(9 TB)
DISASTERDISASTERRECOVERYRECOVERY
THEN
Applications
Oracle Database
Applications
TestEnvironment
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NDSNDS EpilepsyEpilepsy
PIPEPIPE
ClinicalClinicalNotesNotes
TheatreTheatre
BHISBHIS
RADRADLABLAB
HRHRBillingBilling
FinanceFinance
IT ALIGNMENT
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CONSOLIDATION OPTIONS
NEW X86 SERVERSNEW X86 SERVERS• BLADES• MULTI-CPU
NUMA SERVERSNUMA SERVERS• SOPHISTICATED
•MEMORY •SHARING
• REDUNDANCY
LITTLE ENOUGH APPARENT DIFFERENCE…. BUT….
• MAINFRAME FOCUS• RELIABILITY• DISCIPLINE• MANAGEMENT
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DISASTER RECOVERY
• STORAGE BASED
• PPRCESS 1 ESS 2
• COMPLEX SET UP
• INVISIBLE TO OPS TEAM
• STILL IN SETUP/TEST MODE
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DISASTER RECOVERY
Network Star
Topology CISCO 2900
CISCO 2900CISCO 2900
Redundancy in networkCICSO Infrastructure
2900 - edge6509 - core
DVE - June 2006
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DISASTER RECOVERY
• FAILOVER SCRIPTING
• STRESS TESTING
• IP ADDRESS SWITCHOVER
• STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
• TARGET Q3 2006
BH MATER
AMNCH SJH SVH
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VM WARE
CONFIGURATION SET UPCONFIGURATION SET UP
• 3 X445 / 8 CPU / 50GB RAM
• 30 VIRTUAL SERVERS
• DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION
• MIXED O/S ENVIRONMENT
• BALANCED NETWORK CONNECTIONS
• DUAL HBA SAN LINKS
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VM WARE SET UP
NEW CONCEPT FOR US
EAGER TO GET TO GRIPS
•SELF TEACHING
•FORMAL TRAINING
•SOME REWORK REQUIRED
RELATIVELY STRAIGHT FORWARD TO SET UP
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VM WARE SET UP
GOOD SUPPORT CENTRE (24X7)
VERSION UPGRADES DONE (2.1 -> 2.5)
LITTLE USE MADE OF ADVANCED FEATURES
• VMOTION ?
• VSAN ?
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VM WARE ISSUES
SOME APPLICATION VENDOR PUSH BACK
RESOURCE POOLING OVER DIFFERENT MACHINES
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SKILLS TO IMPROVE
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
DIFFICULT TO DIRECTLY MEASURE PERFORMANCE/
RESOURCE LODING
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VM WARE ISSUES
DISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER RECOVERY
ONE BIG DRAWBACK - MACHINE FAILURE (31/12)
NO SHARED CONFIGURATION
12 HOURS DOWNTIME
CAUGHT NAPPING
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VM WARE ISSUES
• SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - BIG CHANGE
• CONFIGURATION CONTROL
• CHANGE CONTROL PROCESS
• DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION
• DISTINCT TEST ENVIRONMENT
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VM WARE ISSUES
• DR NOW IN PLACE
• MULTI BOX MANAGEMENT
• ADDITIONAL TUNING / PERFORMANCE TRAINING
• INTEGRATE WITH VSAN MANAGEMENT
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VM WARE ISSUES
• SERVER ROOM SPACE
• SERVER ARCHEOLOGY
• CONVOLUTED PATCH UP PATHS
• DISPARATE O/S RELEASES
• LACK OF SOP
• REBOOT “CURE ALL”
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WHAT WE GOT
UPGRADED HOSPITALNETWORK
FAST ….SEGMENTED ….SECURE ….
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STRATEGIC INTENT
LIFELIFESUPPORTSUPPORT
CARECAREDELIVERYDELIVERY
CLINICAL CLINICAL SUPPORTSUPPORT
ADMINISTRATIVEADMINISTRATIVE Need
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reliab
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Resp
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STATUSSTATUS
HP3000
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STRATEGIC INTENT
• VIRTUALISE VIRTUALISE
• MODULARISE MODULARISE
• POWER MANAGE xPOWER MANAGE x
• SYSTEMATISE SYSTEMATISE
SERVER INFRASTRUCTURESERVER INFRASTRUCTURE
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WHAT I WANT
• DATA CENTRE MANAGEMENT
• RESOURCE BALANCING
• SKILL SET TRANSFER
• CREDIBLE ROLL OUT SCHEDULE
• RELIABILITY- SERVICE DELIVERY- SUPPORT- COMMNICATION
• LITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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PAYBACK
Once OffOnce Off Recurring PARecurring PA
Investment Premium 50,000
Training Cost 39,000
Server Maintenance (48,000)Saving
Staff Redeployment (1) (39,000)
Additional Storage 50,000 _______
139,000 87,000
Payback 19 months
BUTBUTROI of Infrastructure• SLA (?)• Uptime (?)• Load balancing (?)• Future Expansion (?)