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Racing Australia Annual Report 2015
4. INFRASTRUCTURE
Ongoing investment in the infrastructure which supports
the delivery of Racing Australia products and services
ensures that multiple layers of redundancy and multiple
data centre locations are continually tested to ensure
uninterrupted continuance of services such as the
Single National System and hosted websites.
Racing Australia continues to invest in infrastructure,
business continuity planning and our people to support
the Thoroughbred Racing industry.
(i) Primary Data Centre
The Racing Australia Primary Data Centre is co-located
at a purpose built data centre with full redundant power
and data as well as generator power in the event of an
extended power outage.
Within this facility are multiple layers of replicated
infrastructure which ensure live systems such as fully
hosted websites have three layers of redundancy.
Significant upgrades and enhancements were
completed to the Primary Data Centre throughout
the year.
(ii) Secondary Data Centre
With an ever increasing reliance on Racing Australia
the establishment of a secondary Data Centre located
at a second co-located purpose built data centre
on different power and data grids was successfully
implemented in late 2014. This facility has its own
redundant power and data as well as generator power
in the event of an extended power outage.
Within this facility is a full replica of the Primary Data
Centre which is used in the event of all three layers
of redundancy failing at the Primary Data Centre or a
catastrophic event taking out the Primary Data Centre.
(iii) Testing
Racing Australia implemented a planned program to
cycle through the layers of redundancy at the Primary
Data Centre and between the Primary and Secondary
Data Centres to ensure they are regularly checked
and tested.
OPERATIONS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER'S REPORT
continued
(iv) Outage Rectification
The 0.01% of unplanned downtime experienced
throughout the year primarily related to two isolated
telecommunications issues which have subsequently
been addressed.
Further with phone transactions via our Trainers
and Racing Services in Melbourne and Owners and
Breeders Services in Sydney redundant and back-up
phone systems were implemented to provide a further
layer of redundancy and continuity of service.
5. OTHER KEY PROJECTS
Throughout the year Racing Australia completed a
number of projects which included:
(i) Brand
To coincide with the merger of RISA, ASB and ARB
branding was replaced by the new Racing Australia
logo. Racing Jobs retained its brand name with a new
Racing Australia Logo.
Thoroughbred Trainers Service Centre Limited and
Australian Genetics Testing Pty Ltd as separate
companies retained existing branding.
