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Eurotech have provided state of the art IT Solutions for NHS Healthcare
Trusts to enable them to better serve their patients and to radically
enhance the efficient Management of NHS IT Systems. The benefits
of this are wide ranging for all employees and users of the NHS
services and significant increases in efficiency are gained.
IT is a key focus in almost all market sectors these days and NHS is no
exception, the recent introduction and allocation of the National LSP
(Local Service Providers) program shows how critical the Government
views improving NHS IT systems as part of achieving it’s long term
goals.
Health Informatics Services (HIS) bodies are also a key new component of NHS Healthcare re-organisation.
Eurotech now offer a broader range of IT products and services than
ever before and address many requirements that are critical in this
sector including Unix/Linux and Windows Systems Administration, Backup
and Disaster Recovery using the leading storage systems from StorageTek/LSI and software packages from Veritas/Legato & Tivoli.
Storage assessments and SAN Design Services are provided free of charge
to NHS trusts and specific solutions can be generated based on the data
obtained.
All information gathered as part of this process is held in the utmost confidentiality.
Implementing a new SAN architecture is a typical way in which
significant benefits can be achieved quickly and can create a strong
foundation for future growth – please note the Classic SAN Design
implemented for East Sussex County Healthcare in Hellingly, East Sussex
below.
Summary of SAN benefits
• Centralized Storage
• Easy single point SAN Management
• Fibre Channel performance
• Dramatically reduces/automates back-up window
• No single point of failure (installation of dual fibre host bus adaptors in key servers)
• Redundancy/multi-pathing, for the best protection against systems
failure, with Redundant Dual Active Raid Controllers (RDAC’s)
• Can incorporate LANfree Back-up, File sharing and HSM in the future.
Summary of typical SAN components
A typical new SAN would be based on the Enterprise class Disk and Tape
storage solutions from StorageTek/LSI, (both $2billion companies).
• StorageTek/LSI D-Series (e.g. D240), 2Gbit, full fibre Enterprise
class storage solution – for performance, with 14 x 146GB 10k rpm full
fibre drives, dual controllers with dual ports, full RAID/global
hotspare capabilities, with SANtricity SAN management and SANshare
partitioning software. The unit also offers redundant power
supplies and fans. Other Premium features such as Remote Volume
Mirroring (RVM) and SNAPSHOT are also available for future upgrades.
• 2 x Brocade Silkworm 3800, 16 port switch, full fabric 2Gbit, fully populated.
• Fibre Hostbus adaptors, single port 2Gbit (LSI 40919) two in each key server (20) in total.
• Fibre Optical Cabling
• Veritas NetBackup DataCenter/Enterprise version
• StorageTek L-Series Tape library, with LTO2
• Optional SANergy/ADIC File sharing/locking software with Hierarchical Storage Management
An IBM Tivoli SANergy File sharing/locking solution was included in
this solution for East Sussex County Healthcare and provides the
significant benefits of enabling simultaneous/shared access to data for
all (permitted) employees, which significantly raises the operational
efficiency
Eurotech offer a team of friendly, highly experienced IT systems
engineers and analysts available to discuss your requirements and would
be very pleased to hear from you.
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