Russian Post has increased computing capacity with the help of domestic equipment

2022: Completion of installation of server equipment from domestic developers

Russian Post May 31, 2022 announced the completion of the installation server of equipment from domestic developers YADRO and. Aquarius 506 servers deployed in, another Moscow DPC 147 in. Sochi Additional leased servers will support the high rate of transformation and growth in demand for the company's digital services. The total volume investments of domestic equipment amounted to 1.73 billion rubles.

With the acceleration of digitalization in the Post of Russia, more and more business-critical information systems appear, both for B2B and B2C customers of the company and for employees. For example, among individuals, the number of "digital" customers of the company exceeded 52 million, and the number of unique visitors to the portal pochta.ru increased by 18 million over the past year alone. Increased computing capacity will help ensure uninterrupted operation and redundancy of systems, especially during peak periods in winter and autumn.

All servers are included in, Unified Register of Russian Electronic Products Ministry of Industry and Trade which confirms their domestic origin.

Since 2020, we have been actively investing in the purchase of domestic equipment, which positively affects the industry, including the quality of Russian solutions. Increasing computing capacity will allow us not only to support existing services, but also to implement, test and effectively scale new digital products for our customers, "said Vadim Gavrilenkov, head of the IT infrastructure and technology platforms of the Russian Post.

2021: Plan to lease the server equipment for 2.9 billion rubles.

Russian Post"" plans to lease server equipment for 2.9 billion rubles. More than 600 units of "iron" are planned for purchase, most of them will go to, and Moscow DPC a small part - to. Sochi This became known on November 26, 2021.

The corresponding tender was published on the public procurement website on November 25, 2021. Applications for the auction are accepted until December 13, the results will be announced on December 16.

The purpose of the purchase is to develop, ensure uninterrupted functioning and reserve business critical information systems of the Russian Post, the documents say. Additional equipment will ensure the functioning of the existing information systems of the state-owned company, taking into account growing needs.

The data centers of the Russian Post use equipment from different suppliers with priority for domestic solutions, representatives of the state-owned company told CNews. - We are actively investing in the purchase of domestic equipment. In this tender, we also plan to place a significant emphasis on the purchase of domestic solutions, including servers and storage systems.

According to the specification, the Mail requires 653 servers, two systems Data Storage (storage systems), as well as eight expansion boards. network switch Huawei Most servers (a little more than 500 units) will go to the Moscow data center and 147 units of server equipment will be installed in Sochi.

It follows from the documents that each processor should have at least 24 cores, and their frequency should be at least 2.2 GHz (in three of four - servers 2.4 GHz). servers They differ in the amount of RAM (from 1636 to 384 GB), the number and volume of permanent memory drives, etc. All servers must support,, and OS Microsoft Windows Server. CentOS Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESXi

Specific vendors of equipment are not specified in the terms of reference. Under the terms of the contract, all equipment will be leased to Russian Post (financial lease) on terms of phased payments for 60 months, in the amount of 1.67% of the total amount monthly^[1]

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