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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan <br />Server Replacement Projects <br />Significant strides have been made in addressing the <br />County's server equipment. The average age of our <br />servers is now 3 years. This upgrade of our server <br />equipment has resulted in more reliable infrastructure, <br />increased availability of critical programs and better <br />performance of server programs. Recommendations for <br />servers include: <br />• Server replacement <br />It is critical that Orange County continue to follow its <br />server replacement. program, for reasons similar to the <br />PC replacement program. Server replacements are <br />perhaps even more critical than for desktops, as server <br />outages can have profound adverse affects that would <br />be largely avoided by a regular schedule of retirement. <br />• Server consolidation <br />Some of the newer releases of software allow for <br />greater consolidation of users onto a single server. In <br />the case of email, past restrictions on the numbers of <br />supported users per server no longer exist. It is <br />imperative that OCIT pursue server consolidations. <br />These provide for greater efficiency of support as well <br />as freeing up useful server hardware that can be used <br />to replace aging equipment <br />• SAN expansion <br />• The County's implementation of a Storage Area <br />Network has yielded significant benefits in <br />managing the County's Browning data needs. <br />The SAN is an enterprise level data respository <br />that many of the County operations use to store <br />and maintain data. The SAN allows the County <br />to respond to storage needs on a more timely <br />basis, while reducing costs of server <br />implementation. <br />The County should continue to expand the SAN as <br />storage needs warrant. <br />19 <br />Page 18 of 25 12/1/2008 <br />