Sydney Region IT School Support Term 3 2009. Smaller Servers available on Contract.
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Windows 2003 R2◦ 64 / 32 bit
Services◦ AD DS◦ WINS◦ DNS◦ DHCP◦ Web ?◦ TS
Previous Server Setups Storage:
◦ < 500 GB storage RAM
◦ 1GB
+ Single Server + All services running on one server
Previous Single Server Setup
- One service can bring down all others.
- Time Consuming to recover
Multiple Servers Each server providing single
Primary service. + Each service is
independent + Replica of AD - Expensive solution
◦ Power requirements◦ Infrastructure◦ Physical Space◦ Cooling
Previous Multiple Server Setup
Dell T610 / R710 2 x Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5410, 64-bit
(32-bit compatible), 2 x 6MB Cache 2.33GHz, 667MHz FSB,80W.
16 GB RAM (support for 96 GB) 5 x 300 GB SAS Drives - 4 in Raid 5, 1 Hot
Swap.◦ Provides 900 GB Storage◦ Support for 8 Drives
Current Server Hardware
Hardware◦ Has vastly exceeded software requirements◦ Cost reduced◦ CPU/BIOS level support for virtualisation◦ Dual Quad Core CPU’s◦ RAM – 16 GB +◦ HDD – 900 GB +
Software◦ Server 2008 R2 64 Bit◦ Hyper V Server
Usage/Demands◦ More Data storage required◦ Demand for more services (especially Web2.0)
What has changed
Multiple Core processors More RAM than required by OS. 64 Bit OS able to address over 4Gb RAM, CPU/BIOS support for Virtualisation. Virtualisation provides rationalisation of
physical server requirements. Virtualisation offers opportunities to reduce
running costs. Bare Metal Hypervisors enable virtual
machines without the OS overheads.
Industry Factors and Trends
+ Single Server + Single Backup + VM to support Printing - Single service can bring down server - To restart single services, often require
restart of server.
Very Large Server, 1 VM
+ Single Physical Server + Single Backup + VM’s for each service so that no one service
can bring down all others. + Quick restart of services + Quick to provision + Reduction in Power Costs + Reduction in supporting infrastructure - Requires a Management Station (for Hyper V
Server.◦ - Can not be managed from Server.
Hyper Visor + VMs
Reduce Hardware Costs◦ Less servers required.
Reduce running costs◦ Power◦ Cooling
Reduced Infrastructure◦ Networking requirements◦ Space requirements
Why Virtualisation?
Need to cater for at least 3 x possible data storage.
1. External Hard drives◦ 3 x 1TB USB External Drives◦ Eg Seagate Freeagent 1TB Silver 3.5" External HDD
$170 (ex GST)
2. Network Attached Storage (NAS)◦ 2-4 TB NAS located somewhere else in school on Gb Link◦ Buffalo TeraStation Pro II TS-RH4.0TGL/R5 - NAS - 4 TB -
rack-mountable - Serial ATA-15 - $1,601.82 (ex)
◦ Prices from Harris Technology
Backup Options
SMART - UPS 750VA TOWER -$290.59
SMART - UPS 1500VA TOWER - $370.59
SMART - UPS 1500VA RM (2U) -$467.06
SMART - UPS 2200VA RM (2U) - $1,156.47
SMART - UPS 3000VA RM (2U) - $903.53◦ 15 Amp Circuit required (Est ~ $400)
APC UPS from Dell (OEM prices)(When Purchased with a server)
+ Easy to expand storage as required.◦ MD1000 supports up to 15 TB◦ MD3000 supports up to 45 TB
+ Can be connected to up to 2 servers ◦ Redundancy◦ Storage shared between Servers
MD1000 with 4 TB Storage ~ $4399 (ex gst)
Server + Direct Attached Storage
How much Useable Storage is required?
Move to 400GB SAS Drives?◦ How many, configuration?
Is DAS more suitable than internal Drives?
Move to 32 GB RAM?
Backup???◦ How do you backup Multi Terabyte storage
Future Directions - Hardware