virtual environments and level iii redundancy

Virtual Environments and Level III Redundancy

A modern, green and fault tolerant approach toradio automation system design

Patrick J. CampionDirector of Product Development

ENCO Systems, Inc.

A simplified view of 20 years of radio automation system integration.

Starting with a 1:1 PC:Studio design based on the following configuration

ONE STUDIOONE BOX

Again, in this model the setup is 1:1 PC:Studio.

• 4U Rackmount Case• Power Supply• Motherboard

oNICoVideo

• RAM• Processor• HDD(s)• DVD ROM• PCIe RAID• PCIe Sound• PCI GPI• Cooling Fans

• 4U Rackmount Case• Power Supply• Motherboard

o NICo Video

• RAM• Processor• HDD(s)• DVD ROM• PCIe RAID• PCIe Sound• PCI GPI• Cooling Fans

Take that big list of components and fit it into the box

TWO STUDIOS

TWO BOXES

THREE STUDIOS

THREE BOXES

FOUR STUDIOS

FOUR BOXES

FIVE STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

Conveniently named for demo purposes

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

Move everything to a rack room

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

Add servers and a switch

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

POWER

Start connecting cables

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

NETWORK

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

KVM

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

KVM

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

AUDIO

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

GPI

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

CROSS CONNECTS

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER ONESERVER TWO

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

ONE SITEONE BOX

• LOTS OF PROCESSING POWER• LOTS OF RAM• HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVES• HIGH PERFORMANCE RAID CONTROLLER• EIGHT OR MORE 1000TX NIC• SERVER CLASS HARDWARE

Starting with a six drive frame – no OS or architecture

RAID1

Build one RAID1

RAID1 RAID5

And one RAID5 with the remaining four drives

RAID5

SERVERVM1VM2VM3VM4VM5

On the RAID1 build our Virtualized Server OS and five Virtual Machines

RAID5

SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR

PROD1PROD2

VT STUDIO

STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)

SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR

PROD1PROD2

VT STUDIO

Then create a virtual share on the RAID5 for storage purposes

VIRTUAL MACHINE• OPERATING SYSTEM• IP AUDIO DRIVER• AUTOMATION SOFTWARE

ONE SITEONE BOX

This model’s biggest flaw is a lack of true redundancy

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

ONE SITE

TWO BOXESSolved by going to a model with two duplicate boxes

IT RACK ROOM

SERVER1

SWITCH

STUDIOS

FM ONAIR

AM ONAIR

PROD1

PROD2

VT STUDIO

SERVER2

RAID5

SERVERVM1

RAID5

SERVER

Redundancy Software

3000TX pipe between the two boxes and redundancy software added

STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)

SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR

PROD1PROD2

VT STUDIO

STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)

SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR

PROD1PROD2

VT STUDIO

Create two duplicate, synchronous environments.

• SMALLER FOOTPRINT• LESS POWER DRAW• LESS COOLING DEMAND• EASIER INTEGRATION• HIGHER QUALITY MATERIAL• EASIER MAINTENANCE• MORE SCALABILITY• BETTER FAULT TOLERANCE• KVM SHARING BUILT IN

Virtual Environments and Level III Redundancy

A modern, green and fault tolerant approach toradio automation system design

Patrick J. CampionDirector of Product Development

ENCO Systems, Inc.patrick@enco.com

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