Secure Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Government-Scale Digital Transformation: A Technical Blueprint
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Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Government IT Modernization, PowerFlex Storage, Virtual Machine SecurityAbstract
This paper is a technical proposal to deploy the secure hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to transform the way the statewide government operates as well as safeguard sensitive information against cyberattacks. The case study concentrates on storage with PowerFlex, virtual machines that deal with compliance, network isolation, NTP / DNS integrity, and migration of a multi-petabyte of data. The City of Oklahoma 4 million resident in-service digital-first modernization demonstrated low latency (2.4 ms), high throughput (92 Gbps), 1,250,000 IOPS and almost constant uptime (99.98%). Migration of multi-petabytes data at a rate of 92-96 TB/hour with complete data integrity. The security testing was blocking 93-100% of the simulated attacks such as ransomware, DoS, and VM escapes. The results suggest that a well-developed HCI can guarantee high performance, scale, and super security, and lower the management overhead and operational expenses. The article underscores the fact that the author developed and proved these systems, offering a nationwide applicable architecture of federal and state-based digital resiliency in the government IT infrastructure.
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