Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Information Technology

8:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis 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]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan 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.

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis 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]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan 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 NODisk Capacity (in Gigabytes)
BELFAST/SERVER1270
BELFAST/SERVER2270
BELFAST/SERVER3420
BELFAST/SERVER4680
BELFAST/SERVER5200
BELFAST/SERVER6140
BELFAST/SERVER775
BELFAST/SERVER8135
BELFAST/SERVER9820
BELFAST/SERVER10820
BELFAST/SERVER11140
BELFAST/SERVER12140
OMAGH/SERVER1280
OMAGH/SERVER2280
OMAGH/SERVER3820 (DR FOR Belfast)
MONAGHAN/SERVER1280
MONAGHAN/SERVER2280

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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