Infrastructure, hardware, software, and proactive measures in the IT organization

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Welcome to Minnetonka! MN Site Visit, May 13, 2008
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Department Organization
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Hardware Standardization
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Hardware Standardization
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Software Standardization
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Software Standardization
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Network Infrastructure
Network Architecture 11 buildings connected by
6 strands of single mode fiber owned by the
district with the core being at the high
school Network monitoring tools -Wireless -
Airwave Management Platform -Switches - Procurve
Manager Plus -Workstations Systems Management
Server -System Center Operations Manager Network
Operations Centralized at the Tech center
consisting of about 30 servers and two 8TB backup
units and a 16TB SAN
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Important Notes

• Centralization
• Standardization
• Redundancy
• Reliability