Backup and Storage
What We Do
The IT Services Backup and Storage Group performs two distinct services. They are,
- Management of the Storage Arrays attached to the central Storage Area Network (SAN) in Forsythe Datacenter
- Administration of BaRS, the backup & recovery services for Servers and Desktops.
The group is primarily responsible for the operational efficiency of the multiple Arrays totaling over 86 TB of storage. The group implements and configures storage arrays and the storage area network, including performance monitoring, optimization, and upgrades. The group also performs connection and allocation of storage to various Unix, Linux, and Windows servers which support the University's Administrative Applications, and to various departments and schools, including SULAIR, EH&S, RD&E and H&S.
In addition, the group supports the BaRS service. This service backs up data from servers and desktops across the campus. The service backs up about 1 TB of data daily, and stores over 170 TB of backups locally and in our remote vaulting facility. In supporting the backup service the group ensures that the backup servers run efficiently and, available to receive data from the client machines. Data is copied to tapes for both local safe keeping and remote vaulting.
In supporting the storage and backup infrastructure, the group uses EMC Storage Arrays, IBM and StorageTek Tape Libraries, Storage Network devices from McData, Cisco, Allied Telesyn, and Qlogic.
The IT Services Database Administration Group provides complete life-cycle support for Development, Implementation and Production support of Databases. The group provides database support to various departments and schools across the campus, including SULAIR, EH&S, RD&E, OOD, and H&S. In addition the group supports databases for IT Services applications including Pinnacle and Remedy. The services provided by the group include the following major activities:
- Develop standards, policies, and procedures supporting database and applications development lifecycle.
- Database system administration and server management support for Oracle database environments.
- Performance monitoring, tuning, backup, and recovery database environments.
- Database structures migration between environments.
- Database environments design and physical database structures based on physical data models and transaction analysis.
- Technical expertise in the design, implementation, and support of an integrated data warehouse, reference database, and repository environment.
- Database design, SQL code, and configuration reviews.
- Evaluation, recommendations, and support of DBA tools for database creation, maintenance, and monitoring task.
More Information
For additional details about Backup and Storage, contact Dan Stillmaker.
