Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [35513/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Nil response. No servers are leased by either the Department of Finance or the NTMA.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [35529/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Sixty seven servers are owned by the Department of Finance1. The "capacity" of each server ranges from 1Gb to 32Gb RAM; 32Gb to 8Tb Hard Disk Drive; and 1 to 2 CPUs. The Department maintains its own servers and does not currently hold any server maintenance or support contracts with external ICT contractors. The Department has realized significant cost savings in terms of hardware and support by consolidating its server base through the use of virtualisation technology, this consolidation is ongoing. In relation to State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I am advised that the number of physical computer servers owned by the NTMA is 112. The total capacity is 68,585 Gigabytes (Just under 67 Terabytes). There is no maintenance charge associated with these servers in 2011. The NTMA is migrating individual servers on a phased basis to a virtual server platform with Storage Area

Network (SAN) which is currently under warranty.

Footnotes:

1. IT is now provided on a shared service basis between the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform.