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Scope of Work for Outsourced DB Admin
Sentinel DR Setup
XXXXX currently uses a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) Tool called Sentinel by Novell Inc. It collects event log data from various sources into a centralized database for normalization, aggregation and correlation. The storage of these event logs are in a Database. In order to provide 24x7 monitoring, a DR plan has to be in place.
This is our proposed architecture for the DR setup.
Scope of work:
- To review the proposed architecture and determine the feasibility of such a design. If it is not feasible, to provide an alternative design.
- Scope out the required man-hours and the estimated time to completion
- Provide details on the dependencies for such a design to work along with the pros and cons (as far as experience allows)
- Implement the design, document the installation/setup procedure and provide a guide on maintenance.
- Ensure the system passes the User Acceptance Test.
- Provide support on an ad-hoc basis after project handover.
Hardware type:
Dell PowerEdge Servers. The exact models have not been identified and recommendations from the DB Admin can be considered.
OS version:
Microsoft Server 2003 64-bit Edition
MS SQL server version:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Availability server of license:
To be provided by Extol
How many servers to be worked on:
As of the moment, only the 2 servers. One in our current data center and another in the DR site. We do not plan to have any more than that unless an alternative design supplied by the DBA requires it.
Are the servers clustered (if more than 1):
Yes, but they may have to be clustered over the Internet. We do not know if this is possible so some advice on this will be much appreciated.
Location of work:
The XXXXX DB will be located at our server room in UOA. The XXXXX DR DB will be located in a datacenter Brickfields.
Proposed pay rate for the DBA:
Our common rates are RM2000 per man-day. As the DBA already has a full time job, we can work out an hourly rate of RM250 (that is RM2000 divided by 8).
