A Disaster Recovery Plan & Learning Apparatus for Students Data-Center Proposal A Disaster Recovery Plan & Learning Apparatus for Students By Emil Sadikoski

Summary Design and implementation of data center Primary goal is disaster recovery Secondary goal is to teach students Will allow students to build servers, while developing a backup for our school’s servers Long term project Possible implementation with NJIT curriculum

Introduction Disaster recovery plan must be implemented NJIT is prone to disaster (power outages) Crucial data may be lost Student accounts may be compromised Difficulty accessing Moodle NJIT hosts websites for each student Data must be backed up regularly

Project Description Basic building and setup of servers Implementing one-at-a-time Servers will be using Linux server software Will be attempting to “future-proof” as much as possible Will use proposed budget of $30,000 Periodically implement servers to eventually backup entire school system.

Plan of Work Conceptualization of server build and purpose Pricing and budgeting of materials (parts, hardware, software, etc.) Acquisition of materials Assembly of Materials Installation of Software Testing and Debugging Final Implementation and Backup Scheduling

Plan of Work Conceptual Model

Intended Impact Create a disaster recovery data group for backing up central systems Also educate CCS students on how servers work How to assemble servers, Server architecture, and software programming Maximize efficiency in the budget Long-term implementation Try to coincide implementation with NJIT classes and curriculum

Budget Proposed budget is $30,000 Aggregate: Hardware Software Labor Shipping Licensing (optional) Cost per server may vary Buying hardware that is optimized for the system, and not overpowered

Timeline Month(Semester) 1st Month 2nd Month 3rd Month Final Month Planning Budgeting Software Installation Backing Up of Servers Conceptual Modeling Hardware search (Pricing, shipping, etc) Software Configuring Logging and reporting Theory Hardware Acquisition Debugging & Testing Hardware Assembly

Conclusion The proposal will take be implemented over a course of roughly 5 years (10 semesters) A server being built and finalized each semester Students may participate voluntarily or as part of a course Build a disaster recovery system for our school’s main servers