About VIS

Data Systems and Operations

Data Systems and Operations provides server, network and systems administration for VetMed systems. Managed services include: User accounts and mailboxes, Virtual Machine Cloud Services, Web Systems, Databases, DNS, Hospital Management and Radiologic solutions (VetStar, RIS, and PACS), and Laboratory management solutions (VADDS). We manage CVM data (H: and J: folders), Networking and Firewalls. We manage 105 Windows servers and 25 Linux servers. Office located in McCoy Hall, Room 112.

The VetMed cloud server farm consists of five host servers in three locations connected with a private 10Gig network. In case of an outage, this arrangement allows us to transfer the 120 VetMed servers from any one of three server rooms to the other two functioning rooms. This process takes 30 minutes to one hour for most services.

Web based system monitoring

You can view the status of most VetMed systems at http://up.vetmed.wsu.edu/ not very fancy but is very useful for tracking both planned and un-planned outages.

Operational Activities:

• Every week 100 TB of data is backed up to disk, and 100 TB is replicated to redundant live locations.
• Additionally 180 TB is backed up to tape for long-term storage. That is the equivalent of over a quarter million CDs – per month.
• Total storage for VetMed is about 200 TB. Most of our data and applications exist in multiple physical locations.
• We manage physical and virtual servers: about 100 Windows servers and 35 Linux, as well as VetMed owned network hardware.

Managed services include: User accounts and mailboxes, Virtual Machine Cloud Services, Web Systems, Databases, DNS, Hospital Management and Radiologic solutions (VetStar, RIS, and PACS), and Laboratory management solutions (VADDS), networking and firewalls, and CVM data (H: and J: folders).