1. Information Technology Virtualization Update
Scott Baily, ACNS
UTFAB Update
November 27, 2012

2. 1st Proposal (Dec. 2010)
Replace 10 (two generations old) IBM servers with 2 current generation IBM servers
Using “Virtual Machine” technology
What These Servers Do:
Aries SIS test and development
File backup and restore services
Used for virtually all centrally managed systems
Other misc. central IT service
-Talk to you in December about planned project to replace several older servers with two new boxes deployed in a clustered format and using virtualization to maximize the investment by reducing environmental costs, maint costs while providing an exponential improvement in processor capacity
-The systems being upgraded in this project support several areas used by students and used to support the ARIES SIS
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3. This Proposal was Funded:
Provost: $64K
Central IT (IS and ACNS): $54K
UTFAB: $10K
This project was funded through a partnership
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4. 2nd Proposal:
Extend virtualization to include production systems as well
Replace 19 (generations-old) IBM servers with four current, very capable servers
84% of these 19 servers support student apps
Application and Database Servers
Other auxiliary services also included
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5. Second Proposal Cost Estimate
$378K total cost, includes all four servers
$128K already funded
$64K from Provost
$54K from IS/ACNS
$10K from UTFAB
$250K remained unfunded
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6. Funding was approved: $150K additional from UTFAB
42.3% of project total
84% of systems related to Student Support Applications
ACNS/IS funded the balance
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7. Status All central servers have been migrated
Performance is excellent!
-Hardware and software maintenance w/o considering inflation, so this is a conservation estimate
-The newer hardware is much more energy efficient and virtualization provides an opportunity for energy rebate
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8. Storage Proposal Presented November, 2011
VM project was so important that we focused all of our attention on that
Server virtualization is wonderful! But, only part of the overall solution…
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9. The Problem
Significant amount of old storage systems, placing CSU IT at significant risk
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10. The Problem (Cont’d) Older storage is slow
Significant risk of data loss, availability
Significant growth needed – hard and $$
Old storage systems out of synch with server virtualization efforts
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11. The Solution
Install a storage virtualization solution between current storage and servers
Allows current storage to be upgraded over time
Allows on-the-fly expansion with no downtime
Permits data replication (no restoral from backup system)
Facilitates common, standards-based solutions flexible disk management
Similar advantages to server virtualization!
Faster, more efficient file backup and recovery
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12. Cost Software and support: $190K Hardware cost $ 40K
BYO Storage ea) $ 60K
Total $290K
Adds > 300 TBytes of flexible, robust storage
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13. Proposal
Since ~ 70% of disk in use today supports student-related activities, consider funding 70% of the $290K ($203K)
We will seek central funding for the remainder
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14. The result of UTFAB Funding:
Highlighted during data center tour
Data are protected (written to 2 locations)
Improved uptime (VMs can be migrated)
More efficient use of legacy storage
No “forklift” upgrades required – saves $$$
Vastly reduced carbon footprint 
Reduced FTE required to manage storage
Move a slide bar vs. plan to reformat an array
Higher performance, Greater capacity
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15. A GREAT Success Story THANK YOU, UTFAB!!! UTFAB Update
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16. Questions
Are most welcome
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