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What Is
the NEREN Safe Harbor program?
Alternative Data Center with Remote Hands located in Western Massachusetts
- Secure Access, Full-Service Center in Leased Space
- High speed independent Internet network connectivity
- Lives in different power grid
Facility Status
- 4 years into a 10 year Lease w/guaranteed 10 year renewal
- Located in a telecommunications rich facility with 2 power grids
NEREN's Safe Harbor Provides Capabilities to host alternate
public presence for member institutions and grow in to other backup
systems
- Reflects growing desire for institutions
to retain their public web presence as a communications tool for
all contingencies
- Facility capable of growing in to many other participant-specific
capabilities
Why the Safe Harbor Site is Important?
Insurance for mission critical applications; including Web
Home Page, Authentication, Directory and Email (future)
- In event of a Campus disaster, cable cut or power failure vital
core services would continue to operate, allowing the campus to
stay online to the world
Shared Network and Site Infrastructure and Campus Data Independence
- Solution envisions leveraging state and regional networks and
organizations to maintain the site, but retain complete campus
control of configuration, security and management of
actual servers and data
Cost effective failover option that is close enough to campuses
to allow for efficient provisioning of services and reliable operation
- Different region for disaster protection, but within the reach
of existing staff
Expansion Opportunity as requirements grow
Leverages relationship and commitment to NEREN/Northern
Crossroads/Internet2
Why Do We Need Extra Protection?
Power, Network, Building or regional disaster not unthinkable
- A simple car fire, water main break or cable cut could easily
isolate a campus from the Internet
- Many campuses aware of one or more single points of failure
University-wide implications if basic services are not available
- Parent Access to incident information increasingly visible &
critical
- Organizing a response to an incident requires basic communications
capabilities
A lack of failover for key Infrastructure Services would mean
lost productivity in schools and departments
Our users rely on email more than dial tone
- The president requires emergency broadcast email options, which
need core infrastructure to function
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