Updated January 2, 2021
The data center migration described below is complete. Please contact the Help Desk with any issues.
Starting December 15th, the University of Texas at Dallas will begin relocating its enterprise servers from Flexential Data Center to Arlington Regional Data Center (ARDC) which is governed by the UT Shared Data Center (SDC) group on behalf of the UT System. UTD’s current fiscal status and contractual timing have allowed OIT to provide customers the best, and most cost- effective services possible by relocating.
The data center relocation will be fully managed by the Office of Information Technology. An internal task force has been assembled to plan and identify strategies. In keeping consistent with our customer service goal, we will work closely with our IT partners in each department and/or school to make every effort to minimize any disruptions to your daily operations. We want to assure you that we have been mindful to engage any professional services that may be needed to move sensitive or warranty contracted equipment. We encourage all areas to begin closely examining their inventory to identify outdated services or equipment that can be decommissioned or removed.
| Activity | Estimated Completion Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Move passive edge from Flexential to Campus | September 27, 2020 | 100% |
| Make Campus primary edge and Flexential passive edge | September 28, 2020 | 100% |
| Move passive edge from Flexential to Campus | September 29, 2020 | 100% |
| Complete LEARN connection in ARDC for enterprise services | September 29, 2020 | 100% |
| Move LEARN fiber connection to Campus | October 4, 2020 | 100% |
| Move OTS fiber connection to Campus | December 3, 2020 | 100% |
| Dark fiber installed on Campus to/from specified buildings | TBD | 80% |
| Move all VM servers from Flexential to ARDC | Starting December 9, 2020 | 100% |
| Move all physical servers from Flexential to ARDC | Starting December 15, 2020 | 100% |
Office of Information Technology
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road, ROC 20
Richardson, Texas 75080-3021
972-883-2911
assist@utdallas.edu
The Arlington Data Center, located at 200 E. Loop 820 in Ft. Worth TX, is one of three UT System data centers governed by the UT Shared Data Center (SDC) group on behalf of the UT System. It is sometimes called by its older name of the Arlington Regional Data Center. ARDC is managed by UT Arlington, has on site operations staff, is located in Ft. Worth and is rated at ~tier 2-3 on the Uptime scale. ARDC is the primary data center for UTA as well as providing optional co-location space for UT academic and health institutions. It is also the home of the TexSIS and UTShare shared service applications and their staff.
During this migration, all systems located in the current data center will be shut down and moved to the new location. Users may experience intermittent access to most systems. Once the migration is complete, OIT doesn’t anticipate any major changes to the network or system that will need to be completed by users.
Some of the major systems that are impacted include:
At this time there are no options to relocate to a different facility. Please contact OIT if you have a special need to relocation any equipment to an alternate location.
OIT will engage professional movers to properly move any equipment. If you have a special request, please contact OIT directly.
The contracting company providing the physical move will carry insurance to cover external damages resulting from the move.