Rapid Deployment Kit

The Infratects Rapid Deployment Kit has been developed to help those organizations needing a quick, fully-fledged environment suitable for a number of situations:

Temporary Development Environments
Upgrade and Migration Testing
Performance Testing
Change in Service Providers
Disaster Recovery Scenarios

In each of these situations the RDK can be used to either take over the function of, or act as a temporary version of your existing or proposed Oracle | Hyperion Production Environment

What is the Infratects RDK?
Essentially the RDK is a set of rack-dense servers, installed in a portable, robust rack enclosure with the necessary components and configuration to make it a standalone environment (network switches, KVM, backup units, power distribution, UPS). The servers have been pre-installed with the necessary software and just need to be configured to match the final customer requirements once in place on location.

Why use the Infratects RDK?
The benefits of the RDK are easy to see:

Speed of implementation – the RDK can be deployed and working with 5 days
Guaranteed quality – Infratects install and configure all components
Try before you buy – the RDK allows you to get a good indication of what you will really need in terms of infrastructure before you order your production environment
Flexibility – with a full self-contained environment, there is no need to implement any local software or affect any existing IT environments

How many users can work in the RDK?

RDK’s typically support up to 50 concurrent users. However, if required, an RDK can be produced to support up to 200 concurrent users on request.

What restrictions are there with an RDK?
In principle, the only restrictions are as follows:

Minimum rental period is 3 months
The location where the RDK will be placed must be suitable (clean, ventilated with a reasonable power supply and network connection).
The RDK’s can only be shipped to clients within the EU.

If any of these criteria make the RDK un-usable for you, then please take a look at the RRDK solution.

REMOTE RAPID DEPLOYMENT KIT

The Infratects Remote Rapid Deployment Kit has been developed to help those organizations needing an RDK-type solution (see the RDK section for more details) but can’t for one of the following reasons:

Only want the solution for a very limited period (e.g. one month)
Cannot provide an adequate location to host the RDK (either no space or IT says no)
Are not located in the EU (we can’t ship to them)
Need access from any location with an internet connection

The RRDK deals with these issues directly through being a hosted RDK, located in a secure, internet backbone connected datacenter.

What is the difference between the RDK and the RRDK?
Aside from the fact that the RRDK is hosted, there are a few differences between the “normal” RDK and the RRDK:

Sizing - The RRDK has been sized to be able to support concurrent usage of 20 users (rather than the 50 in the RDK).
Access - The RRDK is accessible via a secure two-factor authentication based SSL-VPN. This means that the environment is secure, but it also means that connection to the client directory is not normally possible. Additionally, each RRDK is automatically equipped with a dedicated Terminal server to facilitate access to the environment.
Design - The RRDK is more rigid in its design, in that while we will accommodate special requests, the default environment with core services will remain as-is.
Speed of delivery – Assuming we have one available, an RRDK can be “delivered” within an hour of signing an agreement and assuming that we can get the tokens couriered to you in time.