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SIDERCAD USES  VARIOUS AND VERY DIFFERENT HARDWARE PLATFORMS

  • 3 SERVERS 32 BIT PHYSICAL (2 WINDOWS AND 1 LINUX)
  • 10 SERVERS 64 BIT VIRTUALIZED IN VMWARE ENVIRONMENT (8 WINDOWS AND 2 LINUX)
  • 50 WORKSTATIONS
  • 1 COLOUR A0 PLOTTER
  • 2 B/W A0 PLOTTERS
  • 1 BIG FORMAT (>A0) SCANNER
  • 2 PRINTER/COPIER/SCANNER/FAX A3 (1 COLOUR AND 1 B/W)
  • 1 TOPCON GTS 303 SURVEYING STATION.
  • 1 INTERNET VIDEOCONFERENCE SYSTEM

THE POWERING OF ALL CRITICAL EQUIPMENT IS GRANTED BY A 20000 VA UPS SYSTEM. THE SERVERS ARE HOUSED IN A SPECIALLY CONDITIONED ROOM.


THE FILES CURRENTLY HANDLED, REDUNDATED IN RAID 1 OR 5 AND DAILY ARCHIVED DAILY BY A BACKUP SYSTEM TO DLT/DAT TAPES AND REMOVABLE DISKS, TAKE UP ABOUT ONE TERABYTE. TOTAL AVAILABLE SPACE IS ABOUT 3 TERABYTE.


SYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF THE ABOVE EQUIPMENT IS PERFORMED BY SIDERCAD INTERNAL STAFF, THUS GRANTING IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND OPERATING CONTINUITY.


THIS HW AND SW STRUCTURE, MORE THAN FOR INTERNAL PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ALLOW SIMULTANEOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARIOUS LARGE PROJECTS, ALLOWS THE SUPPLY OF HOSTING SERVICES TO INFORMATION AREA CUSTOMERS.


ALL WORKSTATIONS ARE LINKED IN LOCAL NETWORK GIGABIT ETHERNET AND WIRELESS AND ARE PROVIDED WITH AN ANTIVIRUS. INTERNET CONNECTION (100 MBIT/SEC, EITHER FOR DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD) IS MADE THROUGH A LINUX FIREWALL.

PUBLIC DOMAIN SIDERCAD.IT AND E-MAIL SERVICES ARE MANAGED THROUGH DNS AND INTERNAL E-MAIL SERVERS (WITH APPROPRIATE ANTIVIRUS).