University of Michigan Administrative Information Services MAIS/MCIT Arbor Lakes Parallel Data Center Mark Linsenman Manager Computer Operations MAIS Joint Unit Liaison Meeting May 24, 2006

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Agenda  Project history  Arbor Lakes Data Center  Planning & Construction  Phased move  Building enhancements

Joint UL Meeting May 24, Audit  Price Waterhouse Coopers completed an assessment of current Data Center at ASB  IBM provided a range of solutions Provost and CFO mandate  Find a long term Disaster Recovery solution Three viable options explored  New MITC building located off State Street, north of Campus t Primarily designed for research computing across multiple university divisions  Explore options with IT Commons Group that looks for ways to leverage common services, software and hardware  Partner with MCIT (Medical Center IT) t MCIT already had approval for a secondary computing site Project History

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Addresses issues raised in 2002 audit Opportunity to share space with MCIT Secure, modern environment to protect University resources Provides an environment that enables MAIS to recover more quickly from a disaster Provides room for future growth Arbor Lakes Data Center

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Planning & Construction  Planning started Fall 2004  Architectural plans were presented and approved in April  Construction started on May 16, 2005

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Phase 1 Will move mostly redundant equipment  Tentative date: 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 16 to 7:00 a.m. Saturday, June 17  Few users impacted t After hours for most production users  Few functions impacted t eBill & eFAN statements, OVPD web server, HEPROD & FINPROD Crystal/nVision Reporting, 2 web servers, 2 Citrix servers Will test the move process to prepare for the August move  Validate our timing estimates Move Information

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Move Information Phase 2 Will move production systems  Tentative dates: 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 4 to 7:00 a.m. Monday, August 7  Most users impacted  Functions impacted t FINPROD, FINODS, HEPROD, HEODS, Data Warehouse, eResearch, MAIS LINC, WebNow, ImageNow, most Wolverine Access web servers, most citrix servers, etc.  Physical move contracted with IBM  Contingency contract with all hardware vendors

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006  Diesel generator (redundant power supply)  Fire suppression system  Under the floor water detection capability  Enhanced security t At the building entrance t Key card access to the machine room  Flexible work areas t 4670 sq ft of raised floor space t MAIS will occupy 1200 sq. ft.  Network infrastructure to support production level SLA  Supporting infrastructure enables future growth Building Enhancements

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Phase 1 Outage information posted on Wolverine Access  List of systems impacted Phase 2 to all users impacted Outage information posted on Wolverine Access  List of systems impacted User Communications

Joint UL Meeting May 24, 2006 Questions?