Servers
The basis of any IT infrastructure is a perfectly designed and implemented server infrastructure, either in the form of stand-alone servers connected to computational grids or virtual clusters offering a homogeneous environment for individual application server instances. The architecture design for a server infrastructure is key for optimally utilising our client’s resources and achieving the required performance parameters of the deployed systems.
In order to design a server infrastructure solution, we first need to analyse the customer’s needs. To do that, we first need to determine the following:
- System requirements of individual applications
- Availability requirements of individual applications (how much downtime is tolerable)
Next, based on this information we then specify the server HW components to ensure sufficient performance, sufficient redundancy, and a healthy performance overhead to cover any business growth within the next 3 to 5 years.
The process of server infrastructure supply then looks as follows:
- First boot and initial configuration
- HW component testing (the so-called burn-in)
- Installation of operating system, updates, and software applications
- Physical on-site installation (cabling, networking interface configuration)
- Trial run (simulated load)
- Hand-over and production run.