Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of computer servers that are leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; 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. [35509/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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There are no computer servers leased by my Department. The computer servers leased by the bodies under the aegis of my Department are day to day matters for those bodies.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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. [35525/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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My Department currently owns 69 computer servers. Each new server purchased comes with a 3-year warranty and the maintenance period is not extended beyond this time. My Department, earlier this year as part of the Croke Park Agreement, has implemented an ICT Shared Service agreement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Under the agreement that Department will be carrying out a virtualisation assessment exercise in the coming months and would expect to be able to reduce the number of physical servers held by my Department. The capacity of each server is outlined in the table.

The computer servers owned by the bodies under the aegis of my Department are day to day matters for those bodies.