Data Centres

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Dear Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would gratefully request the provision of the following information:

How many Data and/or Disaster Recovery Centres does your
organisation currently use, if this facility is not centralised but is distributed throughout your network please provide the total number of facilities in use for this purpose.
If supplied through a contract, who is the operator of the
facility.
If supplied through a contract, what is the start and end dates of the contract, please include any contract extensions available within the contract.
General location of data centre (the town/city, not specific
address).
Total available space.
Total space used.
Power consumption per data centre.
Do you have any plans related to your Data and/or Disaster Recovery
Centres such as increasing the number or outsourcing the services.

Number of desktops in the organisation.
Number of users of ICT within the organisation.
Number of sites connected to your Wide Area Network.
What e-mail system do you currently utilise.
What server OS do you currently utilise (Windows, UNIX, LINUX) and
in what numbers (i.e number of UNIX servers in use etc).

Yours faithfully,

Joseph King

Nicole Carter, Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade

Dear Mr King

 

Please find attached response to your recent request for information,
appended below. If you have any further queries please contact us,

 

Regards

 

Nicole Carter

Corporate Communications Manager

 

 

 

     How many Data and/or Disaster Recovery Centres does your

     organisation currently use, if this facility is not centralised but

     is distributed throughout your network please provide the total

     number of facilities in use for this purpose.

 

LBFRS has one site assigned for Service Continuity purposes.

 

     If supplied through a contract, who is the operator of the

     facility.

 

Not applicable, the facility is within the service.

 

     If supplied through a contract, what is the start and end dates of

     the contract, please include any contract extensions available

     within the contract.

 

Not applicable.

 

     General location of data centre (the town/city, not specific

     address).

 

Edinburgh area.

 

     Total available space.

 

15m^2

 

     Total space used.

 

4m^2

 

     Power consumption per data centre.

 

Unknown, as the facility is part of a greater site.

 

     Do you have any plans related to your Data and/or Disaster Recovery

     Centres such as increasing the number or outsourcing the services.

   

No plans ahead of Scottish Fire Service Reform

     Number of desktops in the organisation.

 

460, including laptops.

 

     Number of users of ICT within the organisation.

 

1350 users.

 

     Number of sites connected to your Wide Area Network.

 

40

 

     What e-mail system do you currently utilise.

 

Exchange

 

     What server OS do you currently utilise (Windows, UNIX, LINUX) and

     in what numbers (i.e number of UNIX servers in use etc).

 

Windows, approx. 30 including virtual.

 

 

 

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