Data Processing Center EAIST – Cluster Solution

Avilex provided hardware and software delivery and setup services for the data processing center of the Unified Automated Information System of Trading (EAIST) in Moscow. According to Olesya Romanova, the deputy head of the Competition Policy Department of Moscow, the selected solution and experts’ professional approach resulted in a reliable system of high capacity which means tens of thousands of users connected to the system each week.

The Unified Automated Information System of Trading (EAIST) processes technological operations necessary at all stages of the state order placement with regard to the legislative requirements of the Russian Federation and the city of Moscow. This includes planning, preparing and holding tenders, concluding and fulfilling contracts as well as making statistical and analytical reports to ensure control and monitoring of all listed state order processes and procedures. The technology of distributed data processing enables every state customer to enter all necessary information to EAIST and confirm its accuracy with an electronic signature directly from the workplace.

In accordance with the customer’s requirements Avilex delivered and set up Hewlett-Packard data processing and storage hardware as well as HP and VMWare virtualization software to improve the efficiency of the hardware-software complex. In addition to this, the Company installed databases, business analysis and operation systems of Oracle, Microsoft and other software manufacturers. This resulted in a highly efficient solution successfully integrated as part of a comprehensive system into many existing facilities.

The constructed solution ensures efficient operation of EAIST of Moscow in 24/7 mode, features an up-to-date management mechanism for data processing and storage systems and power consuming automated optimization technologies. The increased usage efficiency and reduced expenses due to fast increase of data amount, as well as minimization of typical problems leading to downtime should be added to these obvious advantages.

Main characteristics: functionality, high level of fail-safety, and high capacity of the constructed cluster system, are the result of the well-considered policy of the Tender Committee regarding the EAIST data processing center and system integrator’s competent performance of activities defined by the customer. As practice shows, Avilex’s qualification and experience in IT-technologies, efficient examination and long-term partnership with the world’s leading manufacturers of hardware and system software give the possibility to form and accurately work out a technical concept for such projects from the purchase of equipment to the design.