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Progress Energy Corporate Data Center Rob Robertson February 17, 2010 of North Carolina
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Agenda Background Background Systems Systems Infrastructure Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Disaster Recovery Processes Processes Future Plans Future Plans of North Carolina
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Background Data Center is 24 years old (1986) Data Center is 24 years old (1986) –Downtown Raleigh, NC –42,000 sq. ft. (14,400 sq. ft. is computer room) –90+ employees
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Systems IBM Z10 Mainframe IBM Z10 Mainframe –Applications Customer Information Customer Information Supply Chain Supply Chain >3,500 mainframe batch jobs and 3 million transactions daily >3,500 mainframe batch jobs and 3 million transactions daily –Shark DASD –VTS and 12 Frame Tape Library Virtual Tape Library incoming Virtual Tape Library incoming
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Systems Cont’d Open Systems Open Systems – 400+ Applications –Windows, LINUX, some UNIX 900+ Operating Systems 900+ Operating Systems 450+ Virtual Servers 450+ Virtual Servers <400 Physical Servers <400 Physical Servers 20+ C7000 Blade Enclosures 20+ C7000 Blade Enclosures –HP Servers, some IBM –Storage Hitachi, NetAPP Hitachi, NetAPP ~900 TB, growing daily ~900 TB, growing daily
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Systems Cont’d Networking Networking –Hub for company’s telecommunications infrastructure 250+ routers, 2,100+ hubs/switches and 2,020 miles of fiber 250+ routers, 2,100+ hubs/switches and 2,020 miles of fiber –Recently upgraded to 10GB –New switches Cisco 6509, 4948, 2950 Cisco 6509, 4948, 2950 –New cabling (Cat6A) –Voice systems ~100 serving Florida and the Carolinas ~100 serving Florida and the Carolinas –900 MHz radio network Florida – 45 tower sites Florida – 45 tower sites Carolinas – 65 tower sites Carolinas – 65 tower sites –Provide enterprise network security operations
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Infrastructure Water and DX HVAC Water and DX HVAC Dual Input Power feeds Dual Input Power feeds Dual UPS Dual UPS –GE UPS, installed 2007 –New Liebert UPS, installed 2010 –25yr Gel cell battery strings 1500KW Generator 1500KW Generator 19 Floor Power Distribution Units 19 Floor Power Distribution Units –Redundancy to server power supplies New Fire SystemL: FM-200 New Fire SystemL: FM-200 New EPO New EPO Tier 3 by mid-2010
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Disaster Recovery Extended Data Center Extended Data Center –Originally hosted at Sungard (Mainframe only) –Hosted solution at Inflow (which was in-turn bought by Sungard) –Decided to build new data center Completed in 2008 Completed in 2008 4000 sq.ft., 2100 sq.ft. Computer Room 4000 sq.ft., 2100 sq.ft. Computer Room z10 Mainframe, Open Systems (Tier 1 apps), Storage z10 Mainframe, Open Systems (Tier 1 apps), Storage Unmanned Facility Unmanned Facility
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Processes ITIL ITIL –Problem, Knowledge, Configuration and Incident Management Structures –Change Management –Outage Windows Data Center Best Practices Data Center Best Practices –Rack Management, blank panels, etc. –Cold Aisle - Hot Aisle –Air Flow Analysis –Raised Floor Hole Plugs
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Processes Cont’d Management focus on “Green” Management focus on “Green” –Projects HVAC Replacement HVAC Replacement Lighting Replacement Lighting Replacement Blades, Virtualization, AMD Processors Blades, Virtualization, AMD Processors Storage Consolidation Storage Consolidation –14% Savings in 2008 –9.5% Savings in 2009 –5% Savings Goal for 2010
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Future Plans Complete Tier 3 Requirements Complete Tier 3 Requirements 100% redundancy in computer room 100% redundancy in computer room Meet all security requirements Meet all security requirements Major Projects (e.g., Smart Grid) Major Projects (e.g., Smart Grid) “The Incredible Shrinking Data Center” “The Incredible Shrinking Data Center” –14,400 sq.ft. down to ~9000 sq.ft –Cooling and power savings analysis
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