Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Information Technology
8:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the amount of capacity on each server; the cost of maintaining these servers and the steps being taken to reduce this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/11]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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No servers are leased by either the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform or the Special EU Programmes Body.
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computer servers that are owned by his Department and each State agency under his aegis; the amount of capacity on each server; the cost of maintaining these servers; the steps being taken to reduce this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/11]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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IT is now provided on a shared service basis between the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. No servers are currently owned by this Department.
In relation to State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I am advised that the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is fully committed to reducing server maintenance time and cost. The SEUPB maintains its own servers and does not currently hold any server maintenance or support contracts with external ICT contractors. In order to reduce server maintenance costs the SEUPB recently upgraded 3 servers in its Belfast office, at a cost of £7,669.76, rather than replacing its existing stock.
By implementing 'virtualisation' technologies on the 3 upgraded servers the SEUPB is able to utilize each server in a much more efficient manner, getting improved return on investment (estimated at 70% increased usage per server). For a modest amount of investment the SEUPB has significantly improved performance in these 3 servers, allowing them to become virtual host servers which will provide a greater platform for applications. It will also serve to 'future proof' the existing server stock. Total SEUPB Servers: 17
Location/SERVER NO | Disk Capacity (in Gigabytes) |
BELFAST/SERVER1 | 270 |
BELFAST/SERVER2 | 270 |
BELFAST/SERVER3 | 420 |
BELFAST/SERVER4 | 680 |
BELFAST/SERVER5 | 200 |
BELFAST/SERVER6 | 140 |
BELFAST/SERVER7 | 75 |
BELFAST/SERVER8 | 135 |
BELFAST/SERVER9 | 820 |
BELFAST/SERVER10 | 820 |
BELFAST/SERVER11 | 140 |
BELFAST/SERVER12 | 140 |
OMAGH/SERVER1 | 280 |
OMAGH/SERVER2 | 280 |
OMAGH/SERVER3 | 820 (DR FOR Belfast) |
MONAGHAN/SERVER1 | 280 |
MONAGHAN/SERVER2 | 280 |
Footnotes:
1. IT is now provided on a shared service basis between the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform.
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