new it building/data center
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New IT Building/Data Center. Office of the CIO Information Session May 7, 2014. How Do You Use the Data Center?. Apply for admission Use your SUNY card Submit grant proposals Find a library book Edit your web site Place a work-order Submit grades Login to anything. Analyze data - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New IT Building/Data Center
Office of the CIOInformation Session
May 7, 2014
How Do You Use the Data Center?
• Apply for admission• Use your SUNY card• Submit grant
proposals• Find a library book• Edit your web site• Place a work-order• Submit grades• Login to anything
• Analyze data• Make a phone call• Track donations &
gifts• Access courses• Order football tickets• Report data to SUNY• Award financial aid• Access the Internet
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What’s in the Data Center? Information Assets…
Where We Are…
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Main Data Center in CS-5
• Inappropriate Space for today’s IT demands– Outdated infrastructure circa 1964– Inadequate Space, Power, Cooling, Security – Inefficient– Occupying prime academic real estate– Lack of flexibility
• At risk (aging, no generator, floods)
Why “Where We Are” Isn’t “Where We Should Be…”
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Information Technology Services
New IT Building and Data CenterInformation Session
May 7, 2014
Information Technology Services
New IT Building and Data CenterInformation Session
May 7, 2014
Information Technology Services
New IT Building and Data CenterInformation Session
May 7, 2014
“I knew putting a data center inthe basement was a bad idea…”
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• Secure and Protect our Information Assets
• Support growth in research computing and data analytics
• Enable new IT services and applications
• Eliminate at-risk facilities, and not just CS-5
Why is the New UAlbany Data Center a Good Thing, and Just in Time?
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• Sophisticated and flexible infrastructure• Operational Excellence• Shared Services begins at home• Greater efficiencies, LEED Silver and Tier III
certifications• Concurrently maintainable (less downtime)• Improved network capability
Benefits – IT Operations
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• Retain and recruit world-class faculty/researchers
• Strategic priorities, including E-TEC, Online T&L, Mesonet, Big Data, Computer Engineering program
• Returns space to campus inventory, for Facilities Master Plan
Benefits - Campus
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• Data Center chill plant and generator shared by campus plant to serve dorms and podium
• Leverage opportunity for shared services
• Adaptive reuse of aging campus building
• Attractive anchor for west campus entry
Benefits - Campus
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The Move
Computing Center (circa 1964)
New IT/DC (circa 2014)
• Two years and counting• Assistance from The Cavan Group• Data Center Working Group meets weekly• Data Center Advisory Committee meets monthly
– Deferral of cyclic replacement/technology refresh– Building ITS financial reserves– Comprehensive inventories of equipment and
applications– Developing play books (step by step activities)– Developing timeline(s)
Planning the Move
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• Each VP/Dean has named liaison rep– Provide input to the schedule– Disseminate move info within their unit
• ITS website will post the schedule
Coordination and Communication
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• The First Step:– Building turned over to the campus
• Certificate of occupancy
• Was May, June, now July 7
Current Timeline – A Moving Target
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• The Major Physical “Move groups”– Research computing
– Enterprise computing
• Now July and August…
Current Timeline – A Moving Target
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• The goal is to minimize disruption to the campus• We cannot move from one facility to the other
without some service interruptions
– Research Computing• 3-5 days
– Enterprise Computing• 1-3 interruptions, depending on the service• Hours/minutes, not days
What to Expect
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The Project Timeline
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• Campus capital funds: $29.3M
• ITS funded items:– Add’l capital expense $ 1.2M– New IT equipment et al $ 1.2M
Project Costs
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Questions?