Welcome

Maxol Limited Nicholas Merton

Systems Administrator

Dublin26th March 2009

• Maxol – Ireland’s oldest and foremost independent oil company.

• Entirely Irish owned with a turnover in excess of €700m.• Maxol operates throughout the Island of Ireland and markets

a comprehensive range of oil products.• The McMullan family has been running the business for 90

Years.• 4th Generation of McMullan’s now in company management

roles. • The Group (McMullan Bros) was incorporated in 1920,

although the Maxol brand name was only introduced in 1972.

• Maxol is the third largest oil company in Ireland and has seen major international brands such as BP; Shell; Statoil and Jet retrench or withdraw the market.

• With 230 distinctive blue & yellow service stations and 40 heating oil distributors, Maxol has a presence in all counties in Ireland.

• Maxol Ltd & Maxol Oil Ltd, (Sale, Admin & Distribution) – 35 Staff in the IFSC; 10 in Mallusk (Just outside Belfast).

• Maxol Direct Ltd (Home Heating Oil) - 50 Staff in Mallusk.• Maxol Lubricants Ltd. – 12 Staff in Santry.• Indirectly employs an estimated 1,200 people.

Ballmer: Windows Server 2003 Provides More For Less

2006 Servers (19)• File-DNS-AD - DHCP• Print• SQL• Exchange-AD-A/V-DNS-DHCP• Doc Imaging• Doc Imaging Web Server• 5 x Citrix Farm for Accounts server• Sun Accounts Server• Fax (Zetafax)• Terminal services• Sun Firewall• DMZ – remote mail app• NAS• Crystal reports • Crystal reports development• Many servers have stand alone tape drives for backup.

Existing Servers

What we wanted

• Replacement of out-of warranty systems• Applications Isolation• Development Systems• Easy and quick provision of O/S• More Storage• Easy to manage environment• Reduction in server footprint – power & cooling

First Steps

• 3 servers which were 5 years old and out of warranty• Explained Virtualization to the board• Early 2007 got budget to get two VM Ware Servers and

a NAS/SAN• Budget €50,000

• Hi,•  • A major challenge facing many organisations is to find ways to improve the management and security of their IT • infrastructure. A secure and well-managed IT Infrastructure is essential to the success of every organisation. • Not only does it provide the necessary foundation for all systems and applications, but its strength is also a key • accelerator of profitable growth. With so much riding on this critical backbone, infrastructure solutions are the • most important technology investment for the majority of organisations. •  • Practically all IT Managers would like to do far less reactive fire-fighting work and become more strategic and • proactive with greater alignment to business requirements. • With this in mind I would like to invite you to attend one of two interactive morning seminars in Dublin and • Belfast. •   • Topics covered: • Infrastructure Management• Security• Data backup• Virtualisation•  • Dublin • Location:            The Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay• Date:                     29th of May 2007, • Time:                   09:00 - 12:30 • Click here to register or to see a detailed agenda•  • If you have any queries about the event please let me know.•  I hope to see you there. • Regards,•  • Declan Faller

Nicholas, You know what?  Dell are very good at virtualisation.  Get hold of their services guys & buy the whole solution from

them? As for what to do with your $8,000 – go buy MOM & DPM (you’ll still have money left over)! Dave Northey

Why we chose Virtualization

• Needed more servers • Would not get budget for more servers• Would get budget to replace existing servers • Did not have space for much more equipment• Do not need processing power as most

servers only using a low overhead

Why we chose Microsoft Virtualization

• More budget for additional equipment• Primarily Microsoft infrastructure in-house• Did not need extended VMWare functionality• Strategic direction• Management of risk

Time Line• Started looking at SAN’s – 2002

• Started Looking at VM Ware – July 2006

• Started looking at Hyper-V – May 2007

• Started implementing Server 2003 r2 with Virtual Server 2005 – Aug 2007

• Microsoft early adopter offer – March 2008

2009 Servers• Actual• Firewall• Data Protection Manager 2k7• Sun Accounts Server• External AD• 4 x Host Virtual Servers & SAN

• Total 8 Servers

•Virtual•AD-DNS DHCP•File•Print•2 x SQL / SQL Dev•Exchange 2k7•3 x Doc Imaging / DI SQL ? DI DEV•2 x Citrix Farm for IFSC Accounts•Fax (Zetafax)•3 x Terminal services•SharePoint•DMZ – remote mail app•Windows Software Update Services•Accounting system for our Santry Depot•Symantec Enterprise Vault•Symantec Anti-Virus•Admin Server

•Total 22 Servers

When the project is finished

Our thoughts on Virtualisation

• Return on Investment is not immediate• The timing of the project and finding the right

partner to help you through it is vital• The overall user experience does not change

greatly during this phase of the project• Virtualization is not instant

Oh yes we got DPM