SHOW Server Infrastructure Status

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SHOW Server Infrastructure Status

• Keith Scott
• Production Web Master
• Email Keith.Scott_at_isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
• Tel [phone]

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Existing Installation

• Windows 2000 Server
• IIS 5
• Stability.
• Applications have to be restarted
• Crash ?
• One application kills all

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Upcoming Installation

• Windows Server 2003
• Improved reliability
• IIS 6
• Application Pools (Reliability)
• Performance
• Security (Secured / Locked down by default)
• New Metabase / replication

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NHSnet
Internet
WWW
WWW FTP
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WWW
WWW FTP
NHSnet
Internet
WWW/FTPReplication Staging
WWW
WWW
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NHSnet
Internet
WWW/FTPReplication Staging
WWW
WWW
WWWDR
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NHSnet
Internet
WWW/FTPReplication Staging
WWW
WWW
WWWDR
WWWDR
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Large SHOW Virtual Directory

• Virtual Directories
• Show.scot.nhs.uk/xyz
• Nhsscotland.com/xyz
• Subdomains
• xyz.scot.nhs.uk
• xyz.nhsscotland.com

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Benefits of using Subdomains

• Disaster Recovery
• www.xyz.scot.nhs.uk
• dr.xyz.scot.nhs.uk
• Spread website traffic between servers
• Abc.scot.nhs.uk server A
• Xyz.scot.nhs.uk server B

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What happens next ?

• The Servers are in place.
• Configure them and test replication
• Test some SHOW sites on the new servers.
• Media Monitoring
• Jobs
• Check the Disaster recovery site is working
• Start moving other sites over.

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Work in progress

• Internet Firewall upgrade
• Implement packet shaping
• Implement Real-Time disk imaging (Internet)
• Setup and test new
• FTP server Software
• Replication Software

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Questions ?