Evolution of Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure Upgrades in Indiana Office of Technology
Learn about the evolution of disaster recovery processes and infrastructure upgrades implemented by Ram Annamalai, the Disaster Recovery Project Manager at the Indiana Office of Technology. Discover how the office upgraded its WAN connectivity, network infrastructure, storage systems, and clustering capabilities to enhance disaster recovery planning and testing. Explore the collaboration with various agencies for DR testing and the transition towards Multi-site High Availability (MHA) systems. Setting expectations for MHA as an option for new systems with a disaster recovery plan.
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EVOLUTION OF DISASTER RECOVERY Ram Annamalai Disaster Recovery Project Manager Indiana Office of Technology 100 N. Senate Ave. IGCN Mail Stop N551 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Desk: (317) 232-3206 rannamalai@iot.IN.gov
IOT Infrastructure Update IOT Infrastructure Update WAN Four 10 GB Redundant connectivity for intranet and protected zone supported systems Network Upgraded network infrastructure to have the same network redundancy as the primary data center in Indianapolis Stretched IP Capabilities where Indianapolis IP addresses are now available in Bloomington Storage XtremIO Flash based Storage VPLEX Synchronous replication (real time) RecoverPoint Asynchronous replication (close to real time with RecoverPoints) Proxy NetScaler GSLB (Global Site Load Balancer) Stretch Clustering SQL Cluster, Oracle Fail Safe (Windows) and Active DataGuard, VMware ESX MHA Clusters
DR planning and testing DR planning and testing Infrastructure upgrades helped IOT to streamline and improve the DR planning and testing process Planning Reduced complexity architecting a system for DR Minimized technical, administration, and logistics overhead Improved standards Testing Automation reduced the support over head Improved RTOs translated in to lesser time window Capability to plan multiple systems
DR Testing Activities 2015 Agency partnership and collaboration with IOT to perform DR testing continues with more enthusiasm than ever, as last year saw agencies actively participating in the testing activities DOR, DCS, INDOT, BOAH, DFR, FSSA, ISL, ATG, LOT, DHS, ISDH, IFA, IOT
DR meets MHA IOT is in crossroads between Disaster Recovery (DR) and Multi-site High Availability (MHA) IOT still in the testing phase Finalizing planned versus unplanned Recovery Time Objective for MHA systems with improved Recover Point Objective New Standards are being established
Setting Expectations IOT to provide MHA as an option only to new systems with a request for a Disaster Recovery Plan IOT teams will review and identify all the requirements to work out options before any commitment made on Multi-site High Availability or Disaster Recovery Plan Application supportability Licensing Core IOT Infrastructure dependency Inter-Agency Interface Protected Zone Costs Systems will be initially in a hybrid MHA/DR mode with a roadmap to the possibility of MHA
Goals & Challenges Goals Traditional DR plan with critical classification Continue working on DR testing in some case scheduling multiple systems at the same time Communicate Milestone when a system is completely supported on MHA end to end Challenges Power Expansion delayed a year Man Power Protected Zone Requirements
High Level Supported MHA/DR MATRIX
