Manager Steve Cavalli
The UCOP Data Center team operates a 24 x 7 secure, environmentally controlled facility for housing and operating Universitywide mission-critical systems, all UCOP computing services (such as the corporate systems, the data warehouses, and the loan program), and some campus computing services. Key University systems managed and operated in the Data Center include the UC Retirement System, nine location payroll systems, Pathways, At Your Service Online, California Digital Library systems, and three campus Effort Reporting Systems.
Server Co-location. The Data Center houses all UCOP departmental servers, providing a secure physical environment for sensitive and business-critical information. By agreement, IR&C also will manage departmental servers, including specialized departmental Web servers.
Disaster Recovery. Data Center personnel helped develop and manage the reciprocal UCOP and UCSD disaster recovery program, which allows for shared, real-time disaster recovery services for each entity’s Data Center operations. In the event of a disaster at one location, the other can recover and run key systems with assistance from its own personnel at significantly lower cost and with increased capability than using external disaster recovery vendors. The Data Center operates all UC San Diego and some UC Irvine disaster recovery systems.
Data Center staff work in two functional groups:
Data Center Tours. IR&C offers quarterly tours of the UCOP data center. On the tour, you’ll
