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VTBBankDevelopingitsITinfrastructure,VTBBankreapspracticalbenefitsofsuchadvancesasconsolidationandvirtualizationofresources,usingserverbladesandintegrationofdifferentITsystemsbasedonaunifiedplatform"HPIntegritySuperdomeisahighlyscalableplatformformission-criticalworkloads—aplatformthathelpsusmaintainacommonOracledatabase,whileconsolidatingthecorebankingsystemsofourbranches.
"—DmitryNazipov,CIO,VTBBankHPcustomercasestudy:IntegrationbasedonHPIntegrityIndustry:bankingObjectiveDeployingaresilient,secureandefficientITinfrastructuretoachieveincreasedbusinessagilityandreducemaintenancecosts.
ApproachConsolidationandunificationoftheBank'sexistingITenvironmentusingHPIntegritySuperdomeandHPProLiantserverblades.
MigrationoftheBank'spaymentsystemfromSPARC/SolaristoHPIntegrityBL870cserverblades.
UseofHPIntegrityVirtualMachinestodeployacorporatedatawarehouse.
BanksystemsintegrationpoweredbyIBMWebSpheremiddlewaredeployedonHPIntegritybladeservers.
ITimprovementsImprovedITsystemavailabilityforinternalusers.
Higherdatacenterspaceefficiency.
Reducedcompliancerisks.
ConsiderablereductionoflaborcostsfordeployingnewITservices.
DecreasedcostofITownership.
BusinessoutcomesEnhancementoftheBank'soperationalefficiency.
Integrationofthebestapplicationsusingthebestinfrastructureelements,whichenablestheBanknotonlytokeeppacewithcurrenttasksbuttobewell-preparedtomeetthegrowingneedsofevolvingbusiness.
AbouttheclientVTBBankisoneoftheleadersintheRussianbankingsectorwithastrongpositionacrossallbankingareas.
TheGovernmentoftheRussianFederationisVTB'smajorshareholder,withitsshareof77.
5%.
AsofOctober1,2009,VTB'sequityreachedRUB363billion;assetswereRUB1,982billion.
InternationalratingagenciesMoody'sInvestorsService,Standard&Poor'sandFitchhavetraditionallyassignedVTBthehighestpossibleratingamongRussianbanks.
Withover1,800correspondentbanksinmorethan100countries,VTBBankhasoneofthebiggestcorrespondentnetworksamongRussianbanks.
VTBBankmaintainscooperationanddevelopspartnershipswithleadingfinancialinstitutionsofRussia'smaintradingpartners.
VTBBankhasenteredintocooperativeagreementswithcreditinstitutionsofAlgeria,Brazil,Vietnam,Georgia,Israel,India,Kazakhstan,China,Malaysia,Poland,Ukraine,andothercountries.
ITBusinessRequirementsLikeanyotherfinancialinstitutionofasimilarlevel,VTBBankfocusesonsuchcoreissuesasreliableandsafeoperationsandhightransactionprocessingspeeds.
Therefore,ahighlevelofavailability,soliddataprotectionagainstunauthorizedaccessandexcellentperformancearethecorerequirementsofitsITinfrastructure.
Intoday'schangingeconomicclimatebusinessneedstobeasagileandflexibleaspossible.
TheBankisinterestedinITownershipcostreductionwhileswitchingthefocusfromkeepingthelightsontonewinnovationsforbusinessanddevelopment.
ThatchallengingtaskcanbeaccomplishedbymaximizingITutilization,resultinginreleaseofcomputingcapacitiesfornewapplicationsandservicesdeployment.
Tothateffect,ITsystemscalabilitydeservesspecialattention.
TheBankshouldguaranteethatitssystemswillfunctionproperly,evenwhentheyhavetohandledemandingworkloadsforwhichlong-termforecastingisnotalwayseasy.
Thus,inautumn2008,inthemidstofthefinancialcrisis,theBankexperiencedasnowballinggrowthinthenumberofclientswhowantedtochangefromproblembankstoVTB.
Asaresult,itincreaseditspaymentprocessingvolumebytensofpercent.
TheoptimalwaytoachievetheforegoingobjectivesistomigratefromdedicatedITsystemsdesignedforseparateapplicationstoaunifiedadaptiveinfrastructurethatenablesaflexiblereallocationofresources.
Tobeefficient,itshouldbebasedonnext-generationdatacentersconsistingofstandardizedcomponentsandsupportinghigh-levelautomationofoperations.
SuchdatacentersdeliverhighavailabilityofITresourceswithperformancetheBankrequirestodriveoptimalbusinessoutcomes.
CoreBankingSystem.
ConsolidationAreliableITsystemensuresthesmoothoperationofanybank.
TwocorebankingsystemshavebeenusedinVTBMoscowofficesrecently:NewAthenaandanin-housecorebankingsystem,Ogres.
VTBregionalbranches—whosenumberamountstoalmost60—haverunNewAthenatogetherwithanothercorebankingsystem,BISquit.
Thosecorebankingsystemsresidedondifferentplatforms:HP-UX/Itanium,Windows/x86,Solaris/SPARC,andUnixWare/x86.
ItisnowonderthattheBankwaskeentoconsolidatedisparatecorebankingsystemsaswellasthe"menagerie"ofvariousserverplatforms.
AnadditionalpointisthatcentralizationofcorebankingsystemsonaunifiedplatforminMoscowwithbranchaccessviavirtualprivatenetworkoffersconsiderablecostsavings,duetoremovallocalcorebankingsystemsfromabout60regionaldatacentersfromoperation.
Takingintoaccountawidenetworkofbranchesscatteredacrossthecountry,theadvantagesofacentralizedsystemareespeciallyevidentandmaterial—itsimplifiesoverallmanagement,bringsmoreeffectiveredundancyandscalabilityandenablesmaximumuseofcomputingpower.
WhentheworkingdayintheFarEastisnearlyover,theofficesincentralRussiajuststarttheiroperations.
Therefore,throughoutadaytheloadonthecentralizedsystemisbalanced,allowingforhighersystemproductivityatlowersystemresourceinvolvement.
2"PreviouslytheNewAthenapaymentsystemwasbasedonhardpartitionsintwoSunFire6800serversrunningSolaris.
FinallywedecidedtomigratetoHPIntegrityserverbladesandHP-UX.
"—SergeyUdalov,ITmaintenancedepartmenthead,VTBBankWhenchoosingaunifiedcorebankingsystem,theBankdecidedinfavourofNewAthenabasedontheOracledatabase.
ToruntheNewAthenasystem,ITexpertsoftheBankoptedforasuperiorcombination:mission-criticalHPIntegritySuperdomeserversforhostingtheOracledatabaseandtheHPProLiantBL460cbladeserversinanindustry-standardarchitectureforterminalaccessusingCitrix/Microsoftsoftware.
TwoHPIntegritySuperdomeservers—withserverbladefarmsandstoragesystemsconnectedtoeachserver—aredeployedintwodatacentersindifferentpartsofMoscow.
December2008markedthelaunchofthefirstHPIntegritySuperdomeserver.
Bythefirsthalf-yearof2010almostallBankbranchesareexpectedtobemigratedtothecentralizedcorebankingsystem.
PaymentSystemServerBladesVTBisoneofthebiggestsettlementbanksexecutingsettlementswiththe"outsideworld"andallowingalargenumberofotherRussianbankstooperateworldwide.
Toaddressapotentialtenfoldloadincrease,VTBBankdecidedtomodernizethesettlementsystemwhilereducingsystemsupportexpenses.
ThedecisiontoutilizeHPIntegrityserverbladeswas,firstandforemost,basedonananalysisofthesystem'seconomicefficiency.
Afterloadandperformancetesting,ITspecialistsofVTBBankconcludedthattwoIntegrityserverbladeswouldbesufficienttoprovidetherequiredproductivity.
NoteworthyhereisthefactthattheBank'scorebankingsystemwasalsooptimizedbytheseapplicationdevelopers.
Usingbladeserverswasalsojustifiedfromapracticalstandpoint,becausetheBank'sdatacentersarelocatedinthecenterofMoscowwhereproblemsoflimitedspaceandpoweravailabilityareespeciallyacute.
Bladesystemsarewidelyknownfortheirhighenergyefficiencyandsmallfootprint.
"Weactuallyfightforeachdozenkilowattsandforeachrack.
Generally,forus,usingHPIntegrityserverbladesisoptimalandextremelyprudent.
"—DmitryNazipov,CIO,VTBBank.
CorporateDataWarehouse.
VirtualizationWhileconsolidatingdatafrommostcorebankingsystems,thecorporatedatawarehouseprovidesdatanecessarytotackletheissuesofrisksandliquiditymanagement,andtohandleanalyticalandmanagementreporting(reportstotheCentralBankofRussia,theBankFinancialDepartment,theBankCentralAccountingOffice,etc.
).
Thedatawarehouseinteractswithavarietyofapplications.
ThesheernumberoftheseapplicationssetsVTBapartfromitscompetitors.
ThatiswhyVTBITexpertsconsiderthebuildingofaneffectivedatawarehousetobeoneofthemostchallengingprojectsfromanimplementationperspective.
Thenewwarehousewillreplaceahugestackofanalyticalapplicationspreviouslybasedonvariousproducts.
AtpresenttheyarealltobetransferredtoOracleOFSA.
Currentlythedatawarehouseoperatesasapilotsystem(asofMay2009),residinginonehardpartition(nPar)onasingleHPIntegrityrx8640Server.
VirtualmachineshavebeendeployedonthisnParusingHPIntegrityVirtualMachine:oneisfordataloading,thesecondservesasthemainOracledatawarehouse,andthethirdprovidessupportforapplicationsandaccessmanagement.
VirtualizationtechnologyprovidestheflexibilitytogetthemostoutoftheHPIntegrityrx8640hardwareplatform,whichcanbedynamicallyreallocatedandadaptedtochangingbusinessgoals.
Alower-costoptionisbeingcurrentlyutilized—justonehardpartitiononasingleserver.
Whenthewarehouseisputintoproduction,thesystemwillfunctioninaclustermode(twoHPIntegrityservers),ensuringtherequiredlevelofresiliency.
IntegrationTheimportanceofbusinessflexibilityenhancementbringstotheforetheissueofreducingtimeandlaborfornewserviceimplementationasoneofthemainobjectivesoftheBank'sITdepartment.
However,thetaskbecomesdifficulttoaccomplishwhentheinfrastructureincludesahugekaleidoscopeofdisparatesystems,whoseintegrationispossibleonlyonacodelevel—atime-consumingandlabour-intensiveprocess.
Theevidentsolutionisaunifiedintegrationplatform,oranenterpriseservicebusbasedonserviceorientedarchitecture(SOA)principles.
In2006theBankdecidedtobuildsuchaplatformbasedontheIBMWebSpheremiddleware.
3CustomersolutionataglancePrimaryapplicationsIBMWebSphereCorebankingsystem–NewAthena–OracledatabaseOracleOFSAPrimaryhardwareHPIntegritySuperdomeHPIntegrityrx8640HPBladeSystemc7000–HPIntegrityBL870c–HPIntegrityBL860c–HPProLiantBL460cHPsoftwareHP-UX11iv3HPIntegrityVirtualMachineHPSystemsInsightManagerHPOperationsServicesfromHPHPProactiveService24Exploitingheterogeneousenvironmentsunderlinestheimportanceofhavinganeffectivemanagementsystemcapableofcorrelatinghardwareandsoftwareofdifferentvendors.
TheHPOperationsmanagementconsoleutilizedbyVTBBankisaclearexampleofsuchasystem.
ThissingleconsolemakesitpossibletomonitorandmanageeventsacrosstheentireITinfrastructure—servers,networkcomponents,databasesandapplications.
ThefunctioningofHPOperationsisbasedonactivesoftwarecomponents,knownasagents,thatprovidegatheringandfilteringofdataconcerningthedevicebeingmanagedandarecapableofinitiatingcorrectiveactionincaseoffailure.
OutcomesImplementationoftheforegoingprojectsenabledVTBBanktoimproveapplicationavailabilityforinternaluserssignificantlyaswellastoperfectITinfrastructuremanageability.
Thesolutionsappliedhelpmaximizetheuseofhardwareplatformcapacitiesandprovideflexibleexpansionandreallocation.
Serverbladesmadeitpossibletofreeupdatacenterspacepreviouslyoccupiedbyequipmentandcutenergyconsumption.
Theintegrationplatformspeededthefine-tuning/retuningofBankbusinessprocesseswhileconsiderablyreducinglaborfordeployingnewapplicationsandservices.
Furthermore,itprovidedtransparentsynchronizationofdatafromvarioussource.
VTB'sITexpertshadapositiveexperiencewithoperatingHPIntegrityplatformsthatimprovedtheBank'sproductivity,enhancedoperationaleffectiveness,minimizedsystemsupportexpensesandreleasedresourcesforfuturedevelopment.
ProspectsforCooperationVTBBanktakesparticularinterestintheHPGlobalInstantCapacity(GiCAP)technology,asitsimplementationwilldelivertheadvantageofusingprocessorcapacityon-demandthroughreallocatingitacrossphysicalservers.
Besides,VTBBankisplanningtoimplementHPServiceguard—highavailabilityclusteringsoftware—forimprovingtheuptimeofcorebankingsystemsandpaymentsystems.
FortheBankitisimportantthatthisclusteringsoftwareshouldbesmoothlyintegratedwithvirtualizationtechnologytoprovidethebusinesswithresilientoperations.
VTBBankisalsoconsideringtheuseofOracleRealApplicationClusters(RAC)fortheIBMWebSpheremiddleware.
OneofthemajorpracticaladvantagesofHPsolutionsusedintheseprojectsistheirflexiblescalability:VTBspecialistswillbeabletoincreasecapacitybyaddingarequirednumberofprocessors,hardpartitionsand/orserverbladeswheneveritisnecessaryandwithoutcostlyinfrastructurechanges.
Moreover,allmodificationscanbeimplementeddynamicallytoensureoperativealignmentoftheITenvironmentwithever-evolvingbusinessrequirements.
AltogetherHP'sserverplatformandmanagementsystemallowVTBBankspecialiststoimplementoneofitscoreprinciplesofITcomplexbuilding:"Tointegratethebestapplicationsusingthebestinfrastructureelements.
"ThishelpstheBanknotonlytokeeppacewithcurrenttasksbuttobewell-preparedtoaddressnewbusinessneedsresultingfrombusinessdevelopment.
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