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reliability: in the event of downtime on one
channel, the others continued to guarantee
continuity of service. A single system
therefore had to have the highest reliability
characteristics 24x7x365.” But that is not all:
unlike a data load distributed over different
systems, it had also to guarantee levels of
performance capable of coping with
centralisation onto a single channel, as well as
a high level of flexibility and scalability
depending on the continual changes in the
number of users and clients. But the high level
of technological skill within TSF made it
possible to optimise the architecture of the
pre-existing Data Centre in order then to
perfect a winning solution, thanks to Cisco's
solutions.
channel, the others continued to guarantee
continuity of service. A single system
therefore had to have the highest reliability
characteristics 24x7x365.” But that is not all:
unlike a data load distributed over different
systems, it had also to guarantee levels of
performance capable of coping with
centralisation onto a single channel, as well as
a high level of flexibility and scalability
depending on the continual changes in the
number of users and clients. But the high level
of technological skill within TSF made it
possible to optimise the architecture of the
pre-existing Data Centre in order then to
perfect a winning solution, thanks to Cisco's
solutions.
Francesco Barbieri, Project Manager, goes
into detail. “The TSF Data Centre was
subdivided into 5 physically separated CEDs,
each one of which was dedicated to the
servers that host the numerous applications
servicing the different computer systems of
the FS Group. We have provided for a
progressive virtualisation of the Data
Centres, subdividing the CEDs in question
into 16 virtual CEDs.” This choice made it
possible right from the start to meet the
demand for scalability and flexibility for
managing changes, while in order to satisfy
the requirements for reliability and zero
downtime, a Disaster Recovery site situated
externally was chosen to support the virtual
CED. However, the co-primary CED also
had to ensure Business Continuity, meaning
continuous operational service also during
the switch between sites in the event of an
interruption to the service on the principal
site. “To this end we designed a system of
active/active load balancing between sites.
Often for Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity environments heavy investment is
made in a secondary site that is then never
used. We have therefore created a network
architecture for the simultaneous use of the
two sites, whose active/active balancing
guarantees an intelligent protection of the
investment, as well as permitting a saving on
the equipment made available, with the
acquisition of only 80% of the hardware
resources that would have been needed to
into detail. “The TSF Data Centre was
subdivided into 5 physically separated CEDs,
each one of which was dedicated to the
servers that host the numerous applications
servicing the different computer systems of
the FS Group. We have provided for a
progressive virtualisation of the Data
Centres, subdividing the CEDs in question
into 16 virtual CEDs.” This choice made it
possible right from the start to meet the
demand for scalability and flexibility for
managing changes, while in order to satisfy
the requirements for reliability and zero
downtime, a Disaster Recovery site situated
externally was chosen to support the virtual
CED. However, the co-primary CED also
had to ensure Business Continuity, meaning
continuous operational service also during
the switch between sites in the event of an
interruption to the service on the principal
site. “To this end we designed a system of
active/active load balancing between sites.
Often for Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity environments heavy investment is
made in a secondary site that is then never
used. We have therefore created a network
architecture for the simultaneous use of the
two sites, whose active/active balancing
guarantees an intelligent protection of the
investment, as well as permitting a saving on
the equipment made available, with the
acquisition of only 80% of the hardware
resources that would have been needed to
Tele Sistemi Ferroviari, TSF S.p.A., is the
country's leading company in the
development and management of ICT
services for the Transport and Logistics
sector. Founded in 1997 as a spin-off of the
State Railways (FS) Group's ICT division,
TSF's activities in the market involve the
broadening of the range of services that it
offers, as well as its principal activity of
managing the outsourcing of the FS Group's
Information Technology. TSF has about 700
employees distributed among its branches in
Rome, Florence, Bologna, Genoa and Turin,
whose professional, technological and
processing skills acquired through years of
experience, combined with the number and
the complexity of the projects carried out in
the diverse and manifold fields of the
transport sector, make TSF the ICT partner
of choice for large and medium sized
operators active in the Transport sector.
TSF's offering covers the entire spectrum of
ICT, with technological and applications
platforms based on all the principal market
standards, and with ad hoc solutions for the
Transport sector; moreover the company
boasts a leading edge ICT technology
infrastructure and provides a wide and
diversified range of services from process
analysis through to complete operational
management.
country's leading company in the
development and management of ICT
services for the Transport and Logistics
sector. Founded in 1997 as a spin-off of the
State Railways (FS) Group's ICT division,
TSF's activities in the market involve the
broadening of the range of services that it
offers, as well as its principal activity of
managing the outsourcing of the FS Group's
Information Technology. TSF has about 700
employees distributed among its branches in
Rome, Florence, Bologna, Genoa and Turin,
whose professional, technological and
processing skills acquired through years of
experience, combined with the number and
the complexity of the projects carried out in
the diverse and manifold fields of the
transport sector, make TSF the ICT partner
of choice for large and medium sized
operators active in the Transport sector.
TSF's offering covers the entire spectrum of
ICT, with technological and applications
platforms based on all the principal market
standards, and with ad hoc solutions for the
Transport sector; moreover the company
boasts a leading edge ICT technology
infrastructure and provides a wide and
diversified range of services from process
analysis through to complete operational
management.
Among the major projects developed for the
State Railways Group, an architecture
orientated towards the FS group's business
critical applications was created, that is one of
the most innovative Data Centre, Business
Continuity and Disaster Recovery
architectures ever produced in the transport
and logistics field anywhere in the world. The
objective is business efficiency, since it involves
the unification of different data transaction
channels, previously developed and
administered separately, and with separate
operational costs for their management,
production and maintenance. A project that is
anything but simple, as confirmed by Marco
Barbalinardo, Design and Service Manager for
TSF's network-data-telephony. “We were
aware of the prerequisites that a project of
this kind imposed. The use of a number of
channels gave the architecture an inherent
State Railways Group, an architecture
orientated towards the FS group's business
critical applications was created, that is one of
the most innovative Data Centre, Business
Continuity and Disaster Recovery
architectures ever produced in the transport
and logistics field anywhere in the world. The
objective is business efficiency, since it involves
the unification of different data transaction
channels, previously developed and
administered separately, and with separate
operational costs for their management,
production and maintenance. A project that is
anything but simple, as confirmed by Marco
Barbalinardo, Design and Service Manager for
TSF's network-data-telephony. “We were
aware of the prerequisites that a project of
this kind imposed. The use of a number of
channels gave the architecture an inherent
Executive Summary
Customer Name
Tele Sistemi Ferroviari S.p.A.
Industry
ICT services for the
Transport and Logistics
sector
Transport and Logistics
sector
Business Challenge
• Unify some different data
transaction channels,
previously developed and
administered separately,
and with separate
operational costs for their
management, production
and maintenance.
previously developed and
administered separately,
and with separate
operational costs for their
management, production
and maintenance.
• Guarantee Business
Continuity and Disaster
Recovery for business
critical applications for the
FS group.
Recovery for business
critical applications for the
FS group.
Business Results
• The high level of
technological skill within
TSF and Cisco’s Data
Centre and Application
Control Engine (ACE)
solutions made it possible
a ‘zero time’ redundancy
network architecture, in
order to provide 24x7x365
Business Continuity.
TSF and Cisco’s Data
Centre and Application
Control Engine (ACE)
solutions made it possible
a ‘zero time’ redundancy
network architecture, in
order to provide 24x7x365
Business Continuity.