:: products applied
Hewlett Packard EVA 4000's & Proliant Servers
Enterprise wide Backup solution &
Antivirus Solution
Microsoft 2003 Standard & Enterprise Edition
Exchange 2003 Standard & Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Cluster Services
Quest Migration Tool set
:: project framework
Below is an outline of the phases completed during the course of the project:
Project Initiation - Initial meetings took place with the client to discuss the exact requirement of the project and to gain an understanding of key drivers and objectives in relation to the delivery.
Technical Workshop - Technical workshops were used to discuss the overall requirement in great detail and to formulate an agreed theoretical technical design.
Discovery & Audit - On site discovery and auditing was carried out to ensure that Platform had a full understanding of the existing environment and to ascertain the risks involved.
Detailed Design - A detailed design document was produced by Platform and was reviewed by all parties involved prior to submission for approval.
The document provided the client with a workable design that met the requirements.
Planning & POC - This phase defined the project plan in preparation for the implementation. Full testing of the proposed procedures was carried out during the Proof of Concept, and the results of which documented in full for the client.
Implementation - A pre-defined staged implementation, starting with the initial build of the server infrastructure, through to the pilot and live migrations of each of the business units.
:: benefits
• Increased resilience, performance and data availability.
• Scaled for future growth and sized to accommodate long-term data capacity.
• Proven migration strategy using industry standard migration tools & procedures.
• Improved highly resilient File, Print & SQL resources.
• A centralised management and administration model.¥ Consolidated business units and network infrastructure.
:: goals achieved
• Project delivered with minimal impact on users and associated business units.
• Full co-existence and shared resources made available during migration period.
• Several business units consolidated into a single managed network infrastructure.
• Implementation of new Cluster based File & Print solution.
• Implementation of new Cluster based SQL 2005 database.
• Best practice design incorporating required levels of resilience and providing efficient use of all resources.
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