Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA)
Additionally, initiatives to promote Web access to the mainframe will continue to drive
down Type 1 and Type 2 terminal usage.
CPU Availability
The table below indicates total average mainframe availability by month. Total CPU
availability has continued to stabilize over the past years. CPU availability of 99% is
now the norm.
Month
% Availability FY 01 02
% Availability FY 02 03
Standard = 98%
Standard = 98%
July `02
100
99
August 100 100
September 92.9
99.9
October 100
100
November 100
99.7
December 100
100
January `03
100
100
February 100
100
March 99.9 99.7
April 100 100
May 100 100
June 92.8 100
(Average) 98.8
99.86
Network
The Data Center contains a variety of state of the art network and communications
equipment and circuits. One of the state's five Multi Use Network (MNT) MGX 8850
carrier grade switches is located in the Data Center along with Cisco 6509 and 7206
routers and 3030 VPN concentrator. Date circuit service is provided by Qwest on 2 OC
12 ATM circuits with Qwest Self Healing Alternate Route Protection (SHARP) service
with alternate routing to the other MGX 8850s and the Front Range GigaPop where
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