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Holmesglen TAFE
Holmesglen upgraded
its ageing core network,
server and storage
infrastructure at its data
centre to reduce costs and
support growth in student
numbers and services to
the business. Holmesglen
also commissioned a new
wireless network across
its three campuses and
plans to finalise the design
of disaster recovery site to
eliminate system downtime.
Client Overview
Established in 1982, Holmesglen is a
large vocational education and training
provider based in Victoria, Australia.
The institute operates from three
major campuses in Chadstone, Glen
Waverley and Moorabbin, and through
offshore partners. Holmesglen currently
offers more than 600 courses to over
50,000 students.
large vocational education and training
provider based in Victoria, Australia.
The institute operates from three
major campuses in Chadstone, Glen
Waverley and Moorabbin, and through
offshore partners. Holmesglen currently
offers more than 600 courses to over
50,000 students.
Business Challenge
In 2009, Holmesglen began a project
to refresh its ageing core network and
servers and deploy a new wireless
network after receiving a grant from the
Victorian government and committing
its own funding.
to refresh its ageing core network and
servers and deploy a new wireless
network after receiving a grant from the
Victorian government and committing
its own funding.
This refresh would enable the
institution to deliver application
services more efficiently and support
10% annual growth in student numbers.
institution to deliver application
services more efficiently and support
10% annual growth in student numbers.
The institution was also looking to
reduce data centre costs and eliminate
system downtime.
reduce data centre costs and eliminate
system downtime.
“We had a big requirement to upgrade
our storage infrastructure and build
a new disaster recovery site where
we could replicate data across our
network,” said Chris Puchalski,
Operations Manager at Holmesglen.
“We had simple backup systems in
place but it would sometimes take
weeks to recover lost data and rebuild
the systems.”
our storage infrastructure and build
a new disaster recovery site where
we could replicate data across our
network,” said Chris Puchalski,
Operations Manager at Holmesglen.
“We had simple backup systems in
place but it would sometimes take
weeks to recover lost data and rebuild
the systems.”
The TAFE was also under pressure
from the business as well as from
Victorian Auditor-General’s Office,
which put disaster recovery clearly on
the agenda.
from the business as well as from
Victorian Auditor-General’s Office,
which put disaster recovery clearly on
the agenda.
“We had also grown to a point where
our users expected the system to
be available all the time and were
reluctant to accept outages,” said
Puchalski.
our users expected the system to
be available all the time and were
reluctant to accept outages,” said
Puchalski.
“We needed to have better options
to protect our data and eliminate
unnecessary system downtime.”
to protect our data and eliminate
unnecessary system downtime.”
Solution Provided
In April 2009, Holmesglen engaged
Dimension Data to design a new
network. The new infrastructure model
was initially deployed at its Chadstone
campus and then the solution was
replicated to a secondary site in Glen
Waverley. The infrastructure is based
Dimension Data to design a new
network. The new infrastructure model
was initially deployed at its Chadstone
campus and then the solution was
replicated to a secondary site in Glen
Waverley. The infrastructure is based
Holmesglen TAFE Reduces Server Hardware Costs
by 30%, Uses 50% Less Space in the Data Centre
Holmesglen TAFE engaged Dimension Data to implement a disaster
recovery solution to improve application delivery and protect data.
Results
•
Reduced server hardware
costs by 30% and used 50%
less space in the data centre
costs by 30% and used 50%
less space in the data centre
•
Created virtual machines on
a smaller number of physical
servers, which reduced
hardware costs
a smaller number of physical
servers, which reduced
hardware costs
•
Reduced the time it took to
provision new servers from
days or weeks to minutes
provision new servers from
days or weeks to minutes
•
Offered wireless connectivity
to 50,000 TAFE students
to 50,000 TAFE students
•
Will build a disaster
recovery centre to eliminate
downtime in the event of a
server failure or disaster at
the primary site
recovery centre to eliminate
downtime in the event of a
server failure or disaster at
the primary site
•
Will reduce maintenance
times; IT staff won’t have
to work over Christmas and
Easter to conduct server
maintenance
times; IT staff won’t have
to work over Christmas and
Easter to conduct server
maintenance
Industry
Education
Country
Australia
Challenge
Replace ageing servers and network
equipment to provide a more relaible
service to students and teachers
equipment to provide a more relaible
service to students and teachers
Solution
New network, server and storage
infrastructure at the TAFE’s data centre
as well as a new wireless network
across three campuses.
infrastructure at the TAFE’s data centre
as well as a new wireless network
across three campuses.