id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 8650 Mugridge, Rebecca L.; Sweeney, Michael Data Center Consolidation at the University at Albany 2015-12-22 12 .pdf application/pdf 5230 320 54 application and storage servers were consolidated into a new, state-of-the-art, university data The University Libraries maintained its own server room with two racks full of equipment that backup servers for other applications were housed in the university data center. move to the new data center included a conversion from physical to virtual servers. Construction planning for UAlbany's new data center began in the mid-2000s and included the the servers in the alternate data center were moved to their new location. Advantages to the Libraries Moving to the University Data Center Disadvantages to the Libraries Moving to the University Data Center The majority of UAlbany's servers were moved from the main data center to the new one in ITB on The Libraries were invited to participate in the planning for a new data center early in the process. Libraries participated in a two-year project to migrate their servers to the new data center. ./cache/8650.pdf ./txt/8650.txt