Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2011
563 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the number of computer servers that are owned or leased by his Department and each State agency under the aegis of his Department; and the capacity of each server. [22486/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe number and capacity of computer servers in my Department and the Defence Forces is spread over a number of mainstream applications, including Local and Wide Area Networks, business, administrative and financial systems, web hosting, mission-critical support systems and a wide range of local and specialist applications. The capacity varies according to need. There is also a wide geographical spread, given the nature and scope of the Defence organisation. The following is a summary of the position:
Department of Defence, including integrated civil/military modules:
A total of 97 Servers; the storage capacity varies from 20GB(gigabyte) to 3.6TB (terabyte; 1 TB=1000GB) per server. There are two servers leased by the Department, both of which have a capacity of 50GB.
Defence Forces — military only applications
A total of 164 servers. The storage capacity varies from 33.8GB to 750GB per server. There is one (1) server leased by the Defence Forces with a capacity of 4GB.
Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
A total of 2 servers each of which has a capacity of 150GB.
