IT Department

Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide information, relating to your IT Department, as attached:
1. What back up software do you use?

2. Do your back ups complete within the allotted window?

3. Do you use DAS, NAS or SAN storage?

4. What storage manufacturer do you use?

5. How many useable TB's do you currently use?

6. Is your data tiered?

7. Do you have any plans to replicate data between sites?

8. How are you managing data growth?

9. How is your data currently stored?

10. Please provide a copy of your DR policy.

11. Please provide start date and end date for all storage

support contracts over £10,000

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Please note the following: The Cheshire Constabulary has in the past disclosed most of the information in this response in various ways, principally through procurement processes. Therefore on this occasion we feel that no significant harm or prejudice will be caused by this disclosure. This may not be the case with all UK police forces and this disclosure should not be used as a comparison with others.

1. Asigra and Backup Exec

2. Yes

3. Yes = DAS and SAN

4. We use EMC for the maim data centre and HP (EVA) for a smaller system.

5. On the EVA 23 tb On the EMC equipment 72tb

6. Yes

7. This is already achieved

8. Using tools and planning

9. Most is now on the EMC

10.ORRM Policy

Please note: Although this is shown as a draft policy it is due to be published in the near future and will not differ.

11. We have a break fix contract with some added support start date :Aug 09 end: Jul 14