Infrastructure Improvement: IT Embarks On High Availability Project

Art de Guzman and Dexter Chavez ensure that all servers are in good working condition for the benefit of BFS’ clients.

As part of the constant need to manage, maintain and improve our IT infrastructure to support core business applications (AMS, CMS, email, etc) 24 hours a day, seven days a week, BFS launched the “High Availability Project”.

The project calls for the implementation of VMWARE (virtualization and failover solution) running on four high-performance HP servers, and data to be stored on two high capacity EMC storage devices. IT signed on MicroGenesis to provide servers, Total Information Management for storage, and Integrated Computer Systems for application solutions.

Upon project completion, BFS expects to benefit from dynamic resource allocation, scalable server infrastructure, higher computing power, and as fast as five-second recovery in case of hardware failures. This project aims to eradicate downtime and increase efficiency for the BFS team as the company fulfills its commitment to increase system capabilities to better serve its clients.