{"id":27871,"date":"2025-05-28T23:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/?p=27871"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:14:04","slug":"high-availability-of-it-systems-is-not-only-a-priority-in-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/cs\/case-studies\/high-availability-of-it-systems-is-not-only-a-priority-in-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"High availability of IT systems is not only a priority in logistics."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Keywords: Logistics company; 24\/7, medium-sized company; high demands from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/it-slovnik\/dohoda-o-urovni-poskytovanych-sluzieb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/it-slovnik\/vysoka-dostupnost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high availability<\/a> (HA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/it-slovnik\/cluster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cluster<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>About the company &#8211; client<\/h3>\n<p>Logistics company.<\/p>\n<h3>Customer requirements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>High availability of the network, servers, and operated services (maximum outage 2 hours).<\/li>\n<li>Transparently defined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/it-slovnik\/dohoda-o-urovni-poskytovanych-sluzieb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLA<\/a> contract with response times for each service provided continuously 24\/7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Initial situation identified by IT audit<\/h3>\n<p>Based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/bezplatna-it-analyza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free IT analysis<\/a>, we prepared a detailed IT environment analysis for the customer, spanning dozens of pages, where we identified critical infrastructure points according to priorities from 1 to 3, proposed improvements related to high availability, configuration changes that deviated from our quality standard, and other technical improvements for the workers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the analysis, we established with the client the maximum possible downtime for each service, which subsequently resulted in the development of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/it-slovnik\/plan-obnovy-po-havarii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disaster Recovery plan \u2013 recovery plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Custom IT Solution<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The high availability of IT services at the client&#8217;s site is solved by two physical servers with a virtual environment, where all virtual servers (services) are stored on a common disk array. If one server fails, all services automatically start on the second server, which continuously takes over the functionality of the first server.<\/li>\n<li>We ensured high availability of internet connectivity with a backup internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>At the level of electrical power, the customer has a diesel-powered generator available, which, together with our 24\/7 support, ensures availability even in the event of a power outage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Archiving mailboxes to reduce their volume.<\/li>\n<li>Transitioning mail to Microsoft 365 cloud service.<\/li>\n<li>Backing up data from the desktop and documents.<\/li>\n<li>Backup off-site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Original solution<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SietPred\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alfapro.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/SietPred-pyka91yg3afqqd0xk31270p3tz94qo7j5i7ysy6qyo.webp\" alt=\"SietPred\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Our solution<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1386\" height=\"1051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SietNavrh.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SietNavrh.webp 1386w, https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SietNavrh-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SietNavrh-1024x776.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.alfaprogroup.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SietNavrh-768x582.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Project in numbers:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked man-hours: 85 hours<\/li>\n<li>Number of involved technicians: 4 technicians<\/li>\n<li>Amount of backed-up data: 4,000 GB<\/li>\n<li>Amount of archived emails: 500 GB<\/li>\n<li>Amount of migrated emails: 100 mailboxes, 500 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a free IT audit, we prepared an in-depth analysis of the client\u2019s IT environment spanning dozens of pages. 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