KODAK PRINERGY Hybrid Cloud Solution is a virtualized instance of PRINERGY and INSITE Prepress Portal running in a VOE (Virtual Operating Environment) on a physical, on-premises host server with data backed up to Microsoft Azure. This solution includes disaster recovery tools that can help to streamline your workflow and decrease downtime in the event of an unexpected incident.
Supported Configurations
At this time, Kodak supports and offers the following configurations:
- PRINERGY Primary Server and InSite Prepress Portal
- PRINERGY Primary and Prinergy Secondary - Coming soon
- PRINERGY Primary and KPS - Coming soon
Services Provided
KODAK PRINERGY Hybrid Cloud Solution is a Turnkey Solution.
Kodak Responsibilities:
- Setting up the Host and Guest OSs
- Installing and configuring all Kodak software
- Rehosting the existing software and data to the new server (if required)
- Configure Disaster Recovery (DR) Backup (LRS Storage 1Tb) - Subscription
- Provision Prinergy Analytics - Subscription
- Kodak has run performance tests within each configuration and will provide capacity thresholds for PDF files and plate output.
Customer Responsibilities:
- Provide power and physical space
- Provide network connectivity (cables, IP addresses) for the host and all VMs
- Create checkpoints before upgrades
- Apply Kodak Workflow Software upgrades
- Weekly Maintenance - Server Reboots and Windows Updates
Hardware and Software Specifications
Hardware:
- DELL PE T550 server - Pedestal - 2TB and 4TB Storage options (shared between all VMs)
- 2x 8Core CPU's
- 64 GB RAM
- 2x960GB (minimum) Hard Drives
- Mirrored disk drives in RAID 1 configuration running as a hypervisor virtual operating environment
- Windows Server licenses for 1 physical (host) and 2 virtual operating environments (guests) with 5 client access licenses (CALs) for each guest.
- Monitor, power cables, and casters included.
Software :
- Hyper-V - Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- PRINERGY Primary VM - Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- INSITE Prepress Portal VM - Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Disaster Recovery (DR) Backup
- Prinergy Analytics
Additional Information:
The KODAK PRINERGY Hybrid Solution is intended to run native Kodak software only.
PRINERGY Analytics takes the meta rich data that Prinergy captures in its nature and provides relatable visual aids and exportable resources.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Backup is a “managed” service offering that automates the process of backing up copies of designated files and folders from a compliant server to a secure storage account in the Prinergy Cloud. Including (PRINERGY Config and jobs)
IDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller) is licensed on the DELL server which provides secure access for Kodak service engineers to remotely manage the server.