Utilizing Virtualization and Green Technologies for Next Generation Dubai Government Data Centers

Sarmad M.N. IbrahimData Centre Consultant

IT buzzword, “Virtualization" became the IT buzzword of, 2007“Green IT “ IT buzzword for 2008“Security “ IT buzzword for 2002“Innovation” May be buzzword for 2006“ITIL and IT Services “ IT buzzword for 2005

Dubai Government Departments Awqaf & Minors Affairs Foundation Centre of Ambulance Services Community Development Authority Department of Economic Development Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority

Dubai Chamber Dubai Civil Aviation Authority Dubai Civil Defence Dubai Courts Dubai Culture Dubai Export Development Corporation Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Dubai Government Workshop Dubai Health Authority Dubai Media Corporation Dubai Municipality Dubai Police Dubai Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation Dubai Public Prosecution Dubai Sports Council Islamic Affairs & Charitable Activities Department Knowledge and Human Development Authority Land Department Naturalization & Residency Administration Protocol and Guest House Department Roads & Transport Authority

Statistics Center of Dubai

Dubai Government

There are many Dubai Government – Department benefits from consolidating the number of Windows servers in the DC environment by taking advantage of the many different server virtualization products (i.e. Citrix, VMware and

Windows Virtual Server) on the market. Sample of on implemented virtualization project in Dubai Government department:

- Reduce The No. of Exchange Servers from 9 to only 3 servers - For The growth of the application and un expected requirement we started

with two virtual servers in 2008 today is 20 servers in two physical servers.

Virtualization Benefits Survey asked the IT operation managers in Dubai Governments what the virtualization

benefits for your department the answer was-:

1 .Lower number of physical servers - we can reduce hardware maintenance costs because of a lower number of physical servers.

2. By implementing a server consolidation strategy, we can increase the space utilization efficiency in our data center.

3. By having each application within its own "virtual server" we can prevent one application from impacting another application when upgrades or changes are made.

4 .We can develop a standard virtual server build that can be easily duplicated which will speed up server deployment.

5. We can deploy multiple operating system technologies on a single hardware platform (i.e. Windows Server 2003, Linux, Windows 2000, etc).

6 .By taking advantage of server virtualization we can easily improve the efficiency of your Windows Data Center, as well as lower your cost of ownership.

90% Of Dubai Government IT Department CIO they are aware fully of the benefits from the virtualization projects us well as the Green IT initiatives .

Statistic Info. about Dubai Government Projects

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ConsolidationVirtualizationGreen IT

The Green and Virtual Data CenterMany technologies exist now, and others are emerging, that

can enable a green and efficient virtual data center to support and sustain business growth with reasonable return on investment.

PROTECT OTIMIZE GROWEnergy as well as data footprint reduction Cloud-based storage and computing Intelligent and adaptive power management Server, storage, and networking virtualization Tiered servers; storage, network, and data centers Energy avoidance and energy efficiency

Green IT initiatives IT CIO’s in Dubai Government looking forward for this initiatives.

Opinion from IT Managers in Dubai government:

Not yet clear strategy in Dubai Government for Green ITMainly in-house project implementation.Electricity is free from IT operation manager perspective.

Is luxury project and not problem solution project

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Virtualize Windows® desktops in the datacenter and deliver them on

demand to any user — anywhere Deliver a high definition user experience by dynamically assembling

eachuser’s unique desktop from pristine components — operating system,applications, and user profiles — and leveraging Vertual technologies

time they log on Improve security by centralizing desktop and data management in

thedatacenter

Reduce desktop TCO by up to 40%

Case Study Dell and DED Department of Economic Development Challenge Simplify the IT environment to direct more resources toward innovation, increase IT responsiveness to

business needs, and reduce the total cost of infrastructure ownership.

Solution Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) helped DED create a simplified infrastructure with

VMware® virtualization software on Dell PowerEdge™ servers with Dell/Equallogic storage area networks (SANs).

Benefit Get IT Faster: Virtualizing on Dell hardware accelerates application deployment time from 30 days to 20

minutes.

Run IT Better: Dell/Equallogic SANs help accelerate application recovery time from five hours to 20 minutes; consolidating on Dell PowerEdge servers helps reduce the total number of servers by 50 percent, freeing IT staff to focus on new initiatives.

Grow IT Smarter: Dell PowerEdge servers offer more processing power, enhancing the value of future consolidation.

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