Wilson Trailer Approach to Disaster Recovery AXUG Meeting 11/19/15 Wilson Trailer Approach to Disaster Recovery
Topics of Discussion Hardware Software Configuration Discussion/Issues
Hardware 5 Physical Servers NetApp 3 Physical Servers NetApp Corporate 5 Physical Servers HP DL 580 Gen 7 & 8, 32 cores, 512-768 RAM Either 512 – 768 RAM in each server NetApp 8020 Controllers – Clustered Data On Tap 12 TB SSDs Storage, 20 TB SATA/SAS Storage DR Site 3 Physical Servers HP DL 580 Gen 7 & 8, 32 cores, 512-768 RAM Either 512 – 768 RAM in each server NetApp 8020 Controllers 2 TB SSDs (Flash pool used with SAS drives)
Software VM Ware – Version 5.5 Site Recovery Manager – Version 5.8 SQL Server 2014 Windows Server 2012 R2 AX2012 R2 CU7 Exchange 2013 SharePoint 2013 Office 2013
Configuration Approximately 90 Virtual Machines (5 Physical) AX-20 cores, 400 gb RAM Everything configured for HA (High Availability) 43 VMs in Priority Groups at the DR Site Group 1-Domain Controllers Group 2-Report Servers, SQL, Payroll Group 3-AOSs, Terminal Servers Group 4-Everything Else All Production Related VMs Active in < 30 min Replication – SQL every 5 Min., Snap Mirror
Issues/Discussion Network Always On 10 gb Fiber between Corp and DR 10 gb Within Corp and DR Always On Large log files on index rebuilds (300+gb) Replication couldn’t keep up Licensing Expense – SQL, Windows Server (expensive) Maintenance – Have to patch two systems Training Backups to Execute DR Plan Documentation Business Continuity
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