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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan 8 <br /> • Network security from intruders <br /> • Disaster planning in coordination with EMS and other <br /> departments <br /> • Identifying, cost justifying and eliminating single points <br /> of failure in critical systems and articulating needs to <br /> decision makers <br /> • Exploring arrangements with peer governments and <br /> private sector vendors for restoring essential services <br /> and data on temporary equipment <br /> The OCIT organization will work with the Emergency <br /> Management organization to develop a Business Continuity <br /> and Disaster Recovery Plan. This plan must cover short term <br /> crises that temporarily interrupt the County's access to <br /> computing resources, as well as long-term interruptions to <br /> County facilities requiring relocation of County operations. <br /> CURRENT STATE <br /> Network <br /> Approximately two thirds of our network is high speed <br /> fiber (100Mb) while the remaining third is a combination <br /> of Frame Relay, DSL, Cable and some dialup. The high <br /> speed portions of our network enable centralization of <br /> servers, which in turn provides economies of scale for <br /> environmental protection, centralized backups, security <br /> and maintenance. There is a clear trend of reliability <br /> where we have been able to take advantage of <br /> centralization. <br /> Servers <br /> Our servers are a combination of Dell, IBM and Compaq <br /> hardware, depending on the vintage of procurement. <br /> These servers are configured to a variety of operating <br /> systems, including Windows, a legacy AIX server and <br /> two Linux servers. The average age of servers is <br /> approximately 3 years, with a few critical servers <br /> Page 7 of 25 2/9/2009 <br />