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Cluster for a medical company (creation and migration from the existing solution)

Use-case

A client came to us, a large medical company, who was looking for a fail-safe cluster solution using his own equipment.

The client has advanced IT knowledge and has an extensive IT infrastructure realizing business goals , however, with the development of business, he wanted to entrust this area to professionals in order to be able to fully focus on developing the business .

The client offers software that he leases to his clients on a SaaS basis. Additionally, it is a distributor of medical devices for patients. The devices collect medical data and the client offers a platform to distribute and manage this data. On other servers, the client stores the device update system – it is a separate server with an online device update mechanism.

The entire solution must be based on a safe and reliable IT infrastructure, therefore the customer’s priority is data security and operational reliability – resistant to damage to individual infrastructure elements. Such a solution that meets the requirements is a cluster designed and implemented by PUQ.

How did it look in practice

As we have experience in all the required areas, we proposed the following procedure to the client:

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Designing a solution

After careful study of the detailed guidelines and in accordance with the client's needs, we designed a reliable, redundant cluster with the high availability (HA) function. Together with the client, we discussed all aspects of the solution so that the client could choose the best solution at the design stage. Those that he understood and would be able to control it (the client had advanced technical knowledge). The main feature of a cluster is a common file system distributed on each server based on CEPH . The cluster has an additional Storage server with SSD disks used as a fast disk resource.
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Equipment purchase options

We gave the client the opportunity to purchase the equipment on very good terms and took care of its subsequent configuration.
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Installation of equipment in the server room

The client bought and handed over to us the equipment for the server room in the amount of:
  • 3 servers for a cluster filled with large capacity platters
  • 1 storage server for the server filled with SSD disks.
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Configuration and tests

Then we set up the cluster and then the system was thoroughly tested for performance, resistance to failures of disks, servers and network infrastructure.
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Systems and data migration

For the client's needs, we also migrated virtual machines from the existing virtualization system to a cluster built by PUQ.
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Customer training

After all the work was done, the client was trained and got access to the cluster as an administrator.
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Final tests

Post-migration intensive care - preparing to solve any unforeseen problems that may arise.
PUQ provides ongoing, technical support for the cluster.
  • 24/7 server monitoring
  • to provide a schedule for machine backups
  • help with virtual machines
  • telephone consultations
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