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Using Server and Storage Virtualisation: Our journey to ScalabilitySarah Winmill12 November 2009
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum, front façade
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Chihuly chandelier photographed by Claudedecf on 28 February 2006 and posted on flickr
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Volume overlap 1 photographed by rbrw on 21 December 2006 and posted on flickr
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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V&A Collections
Approximately 1.1 million three dimensional objects
The Three Graces by Antonio Canova (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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V&A Collections
Approximately 1.5 million flat paper objects
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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V&A Collections
Many archives and collections including;
Beatrix Potter Collections
The V&A Archive
Theatre Museum Archive
Textile sample card from the archive of Zika Ascher (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Inadequate infrastructure
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Outdated server hardware
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The Digital FuturePlan challenge
Hemp string (c.400-1000) Mazartargh fort site
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IS Services maturity model
Infrastructure
Transactional
Strategic
Agile
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Inadequate infrastructure
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2008 Turing Server Room
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Data storage requirements
60TB of usable storage
Virtualised servers using VMWare
Build in Business Continuity Planning from the beginning
Robust enough to house ‘born digital’ works in the national collection
Scalable to meet future needs (video, audio, 3D)
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Procurement process
Pre-procurement market analysis
OGC Framework agreements
Pre-qualification questions
– Ask questions around the key differentiators
– Do you have experience of….?
– Evidence your experience of….?
Shortlist of suppliers
Full tender
Final selection
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Data storage solution
Viglen Storage Group with Hitachi Data Solutions
2 x Hitachi AMS 1000 loaded with 60TB storage each
QLogic 5802 Fabric Switches
ONStor Bobcat 2240 Gateways
Hitachi’s Storage Management Software
QLogic 6142 SAN Routers
Quantum i500 Native Fibre Tape Library with 4 x LTO-4 Drives
Case study available at: http:/http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/victoria-and-albert-museum-success-story.pdf
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Data storage solution
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Outdated server hardware
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2008/9 Server Consolidation
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Storage mirror – Built in Business Continuity
Internal DMZ
SAN SAN
Second site
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Storage mirror - Recovery
Internal DMZ
SAN
Second site
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Storage mirror - Recovery
Internal DMZ
SAN
Second site
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The Digital FuturePlan challenge
Hemp string (c.400-1000) Mazartargh fort site
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On to the next challenge….
Violin (1699) by Antonia Stradivari (1644-1737)
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The team (and technology) are ready
