SPb GKU Transportation Organizer has implemented IT solutions of Astra Group

2024: Optimizing Public Transport Management

SPb GKU "Transportation Organizer" optimized public management transport St. Petersburg with the help IT of solutions Astra Groups"," which announced this on February 28, 2024.

The institution has introduced into its IT infrastructure products from the Astra Group ecosystem: a OS Astra Linux server platform. virtualizations VMmanager Such a step made it possible to make the work of public transport as comfortable and convenient as possible for Petersburgers and guests of the city.

The relevance of the selection of these products was due to the need to use a high-load cluster in St. Petersburg State Institution "Transportation Organizer" for the efficient and uninterrupted operation of information transport systems. In St. Petersburg accordance with the requirements of the institution software software , it must be innovative, safe, compatible with most application programs used in, and government organizations receive technical support from the developer. The last two criteria in localization conditions ON assume the use of the Russian one. So operating system OS Astra became Linux the platform of SPb IT infrastructures GKU "Transportation Organizer."

The solution for creating a scalable and fault-tolerant virtualization environment VMmanager 6.0 replaced the foreign analogue of VMware at the institution, while the information technology service did not lose its performance and was able to ensure the convenience of workflows. The migration of virtual machines took place normally and did not cause outages. On the basis of VMmanager 6.0, the Passenger's Personal Account service was launched, thanks to which citizens can replenish uniform electronic tickets around the clock and track the history of trips by public transport made after registration.

The introduction of the VMmanager product into the IT infrastructure of St. Petersburg State Institution "Transportation Organizer" made it possible to create a scalable and fault-tolerant virtualization environment, ensuring the comfort and security of urban public transport, "said Pavel Guralnik, CEO of ISPsystem.