Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency Chooses Turnkey Solution With VMware vSphere and VEEAM

Highlights

Bookmaker required a solution designed from the ground-up as a turnkey solution featuring VMware vSphere, VEEAM, relevant hardware, software and support.

We tailored a solution based on Digicor and Inspur servers suited for VMware and VEEAM licensing paired with Bitdefender for cybersecurity and Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020.

With further improvements and suggestions to the hardware and software, we designed all the hardware and software with focus also on the delivery process, system integration, installation, and testing of all the hardware and software.

Key Benefits

Comprehensive and reliable Turnkey solution built from the ground-up

IT Infrastructure designed specifically to match the organisation’s new building

The solution was provided through a smooth process from initial discussion to the actual instalment on their premises outside of Australia.

Background

Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is an organisation funded by the United Nations that was established in 1979 which have 17 members. This organisation plays a key role to help all Pacific countries sustainably manage their tuna fisheries that fall within their 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones (ZEE) – worth over $3 billion a year. Furthermore, this advisory body provides expertise, technical assistance and other support to its members who make sovereign decisions about their tuna resources and participate in regional decision making through agencies, such as the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).

In 2020, Pacific Island FFA contacted our team to design and provide IT infrastructure solution for their new building in Solomon Islands. Our team took the opportunity to provide the best IT solution that suit the organisation’s needs and what they were looking to achieve. A turnkey solution seems fit to the scenario where it provides an end-to-end system that can be easily implemented into a current business process. That is why we have been supplying custom-tailored solutions in multiple occasions for almost 15 years for the success and growth of this organisation.

Challenges

The organisation was looking for a reliable partner to supply IT infrastructure for both software and hardware based on their requirement. The main challenge for us was to come up with a design from our client’s input for the whole building IT infrastructure. All hardware designed by DiGiCOR including Firewall, Switch, WiFi Access Point, either VMware non-HA Servers or VMware HA Servers, Backup Server and Storage, SAN, UPS and Rack. Besides, we also integrated our design with Licensed Software, such as VMware vSphere, Veeam Pro, Bitdefender and Adobe Acrobat Pro.

In addition, rational price tag was also part of their consideration in choosing the right solutions for their IT infrastructure. Subsequently, part of the concern during our design process was the location of the new building, which put us in a situation to think about the delivery process, system integration, installation, and test for all the hardware and software.

How We Helped

We had several meetings and discussions with the clients and were able to generate and optimise two high-quality solutions that meet the requirements, within the designated budget. Our expert team provided a turnkey solution for our client’s new building IT infrastructure, including all the required hardware, software, and licences with a 3 years RTB standard warranty which is shown in the infrastructure propose network diagram.

As a result, the client chose a solution that utilized VMware HA servers. The diagram shows how the network system is working with the integration of all components, including Switch (SW), Firewall (FW), Access Point (AP), Virtualisation Server (ESX), Infotrend Storage and Licensed Veeam Backup & Additional DC Server. The whole system has redundancy to make sure it will work well when network problem occurs. In addition, unstable internet connection and power outage made us to provide unit power supply (UPS) as a solution.

Furthermore, we were able to come up with a solution to integrate and install all the hardware and software components that is safe during the shipping progress. In addition, we also helped the client with professional services and personnel who provides professional advice for the test procedures remotely.

Featured Products

Features FortiGate 100E SeriesS

FortiGate® 100E Series(Firewall)

Threat Protection: 250 Mbps

SSL Throughput: Inspection 130 Mbps

Network Interfaces: Multiple GE RJ45, GE SFP Slots | PoE/+ Variants

Fortiswitch 424E-POE

Fortiswitch 424E-POE(Switch)

Layer 2/3 FortiGate switch controller compatible PoE+ switch

24 x GE RJ45 ports, 4 x 10 GE SFP+,Automatic Max 250W POE output limit

FortiAP-421E

FortiAP-421E(Wi-Fi Accesspoint)

The FortiAP 421E access point supports the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 standard. Additional features include 802.11ac explicit transmit beamforming (TxBF), multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), and more.

802.11ac Wave 1
Dual Radio 2.4 and 5 GHz
4 External Antennas
2x2 MIMO
Up to 450 + 1,300 Mbps

Features

DiGiCOR D2123-DS228-MDR(Main Server Non HA)

Chassis: 2U Rackmount Chassis, 12x3.5" Hot Swap & Optional rear 2x2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA bays,1200W/1000W Redundant Power Supplies
Motherboard: Serverboard with Intel C621 Chipset, Dual socket P (LGA 3647) supports Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 4TB 3DS ECC RDIMM DDR4-2933MHz in 16x DIMM slots, 4x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8 M.2 Interface: PCI-E 3.0 x4 slots Internal Port(s), Dual LAN with GbE from C621, 10x SATA3 (6Gbps); Intel C621 controller for 14 SATA3 (6 Gbps) ports; RAID 0,1,5,10, Integrated IPMI 2.0 and KVM with Dedicated LAN
CPU: 2x Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210R Processor 10-Core 2.4GHz 13.75MB Cache (100W)
RAM: 96GB 2933MHz ECC RDIMM (Upgradable)
Operating System Drive: 2x 240 GB SSD (RAID 1)
Storage: 96 TB Raw SSD Storage (RAID 6)
Raid Controller: LSI MegaRAID 9380-8i SAS 8 port
Networking: Intel® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2, Dual SFP+ cages supporting Direct Attach Copper(DAC)

DiGiCOR S143-DS228-DR (VMware HA Servers))

Barebone: 1U Server supporting Dual Socket P (LGA 3647) support 2nd Gen. Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Cascade Lake/Skylake), up to 3TB 3DS ECC DDR4-2933MHz RAM in 12x DIMM slots, 2x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (FHHL) slots, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (LP) slot, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 for Add-on-Module slot, 4x 3.5" Hot-swap SATA3 drive bays, Intel® X722 Dual port GbE LAN, Integrated IPMI 2.0 and KVM with Dedicated LAN, 750W Platinum Level redundant power supplies
CPU: 2x Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210R Processor 10-Core 2.4GHz 13.75MB Cache (100W)
RAM: 192GB 2933MHz ECC RDIMM
Operating System Drive: 2x 240 GB SSD (RAID 1)
Storage: SAN
Storage: 96 TB Raw SSD Storage (RAID 6)
Networking: Intel® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2, Dual SFP+ cages supporting Direct Attach Copper(DAC)

Features

DiGiCOR N284-DE422-DR (Backup Server & Storage)

Barebone: 2U Server supporting dual socket R3 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600v4/v3 family, up to 768GB ECC Registered DDR4 RAM in 24 DIMM slots, 8xHot-swap 3.5"or 2.5" SAS/SATA HDD, Dual port GbE LAN, 800W Redundant Power Supply
CPU: Eight-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2609 v4 1.70GHz 20MB Cache (85W)
RAM: 64GB 2666MHz ECC RDIMM
Operating System Drive: 2x 240 GB SSD (RAID 1)
Storage: 48TB SAS HDD (RAID 6)
Raid Controller: MegaRAID 9361-8i SAS 8-port
Networking: Intel® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2, Dual SFP+ cages supporting Direct Attach Copper(DAC)

Infortrend EonStor DS (Hybrid SAN)

Chassis: Dual Redundant controllers ubsystem including 2x6Gb SAS EXP. Ports, 8x1G iSCSI ports +2x host board slot(s), 2x2GB, 2x (PSU+FAN Module), 2x (Super capacitor + Flash module), 12xHDD trays and 1xRackmount kit
Storage: 64GB SATA HDD

PowerShield PSCERT2000

PowerShield PSCERT2000 (UPS)

PowerShield Centurion RT 2000VA True Online 3RU Rack/Tower UPS

Features:

True double-conversion
Output power factor 0.9
User-friendly and electronic easy-shift LCD display
Rack or Tower design
Advanced ECO mode for energy saving
Generator compatible
Programmable power management outlets
Emergency Power Off function (EPO)
Hot swappable battery design
Ideal for medium density power protection can be Extra-large charger
2USB, RS232, SNMP, Modbus, Environmental Monitoring and AS400 multiple communications available
USurge Protection- 984 Joules / 22000 Amps

Certech NSR186X8

Certech NSR186X8(Rack)

CERTECH 18RU 600 (W) x 800 (D) Premier

Series Server Rack

Rack Type: NSR Premier Series

Height: 950mm

Width: 600mm

Depth: 800mm

Static Loading Capacity: 800kgs

Vmware vSphere 7 Essential

Simplified Lifecycle Management
Intrinsic Security and Control
Application and Hardware Acceleration
Streamlined Development
Agile Operations
Accelerated Innovation

Vmware vSphere 7 Essential is a licensed VMware’s cloud computing virtualization platform. It provides high availability for virtual machines by pooling the virtual machines and the hosts they reside into a cluster. Hosts in the cluster are monitored and in the event of a failure, the virtual machines on a failed host are restarted on alternate hosts.

Veeam Backup Essentials Standard 2

#1 Backup and Recovery solution
for small businesses

Unified Management Experience with
monitoring and reporting
Protect and monitor cloud, virtual
and physical workloads
Reliable backup for SMBs with low
operational overhead

Veeam Backup Essentials Standard 2 is a licensed software that delivers powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable backup, recovery, monitoring and reporting for up to 50 workloads.

Bitdefender GravityZone Elite

An integrated endpoint protection, risk management, and attack forensics platform. Enhanced with user behaviour risk analytics. Focus on Security, Detection and Prevention

Human risk analytics
Network attack defense
Hyperdetect™ blocks file-less
Attacks at preexecution
Sandbox analyzer enhances
Targeted attack detection
Attack forensics exposes threat kill chain
Risk analytics helps control risk and reduce attack surface
Exploit defense safeguards memory
Machine learning predicts and
Blocks advanced attacks

Bitdefender GravityZone elite is an enterprise security solution for medium to very large organisations. This licensed software leverages Bitdefender’s acclaimed antimalware technologies and provides a centralised security management platform for physical, virtualized and mobile endpoints.

Adobe ACROBAT PRO 2020

Create PDFs and export to Word, Excel or PowerPoint
Edit text and images right in your PDF
Easily create, fill, sign and send forms
Share PDFs for viewing, reviewing, signing and track activity
Open PDFs are protected by Microsoft Information Protection solutions, including Azure Information Protection and Office 365.
Compare two versions of a PDF to review all differences
Turn scanned documents into editable, searchable PDFs
Take advantage of advanced mobile editing features
Validate and fix PDFs for ISO and accessibility standards

Adobe ACROBAT PRO 2020 is the latest licensed version of Acrobat. It is the complete desktop solution for working with PDF documents. It simplifies everyday PDF tasks and includes many productivity enhancements when working with PDFs from your desktop.

Results

It was important for us to design a solution that best fits the specific demand required by the client for the IT infrastructure. With the competition of tier 1 companies, we were able to tailor a comprehensive turnkey solution, which has the capacity to meet their workloads, within the designated budget cost. Thus, we keep building great relationships and trust with this organisation by providing a high-quality designed solution, together with our expert and internal team to meet our client’s demands through excellent customer service and support.