Zunyi Housing Provident Fund Management Center

Overview

Zunyi Housing Provident Fund Management Center

Country: China

Industry: Government / Public Service

Solution: i2Availability High Availability & Disaster Recovery + i2Active Cross-Platform Database Replication + i2Backup Application & Data Backup + i2CDP Continuous Data Protection

The Zunyi Housing Provident Fund Management Center has built a comprehensive IT ecosystem including core business systems, self-service terminals, online service halls, mobile apps, Alipay City Services, and a WeChat provident fund platform. These systems allow citizens and units to handle provident fund contributions, withdrawals, and inquiries remotely. With growing digitalization, risks from system failures, virus attacks, and natural disasters have increased, necessitating a robust disaster recovery and data protection solution.

Customer Challenge

1. Core business systems run in the local data center without systematic offsite disaster recovery or real-time data backup.
2. Cluster architectures share the same data; hardware failures, virus attacks, or storage node issues can cause business interruptions, data loss, and long-term system unavailability.

I2 Solution

• i2Availability — High Availability & Disaster Recovery
  Provided one-to-one application-level disaster recovery between the production center and the disaster recovery (DR) center in Yancheng, Jiangsu, over 2,000 km away.
• i2Active — Cross-Platform Database Replication
  Clustered the production AIX system databases and replicated them in real-time to i2Box-C servers at the DR center, achieving cross-platform disaster recovery from AIX to X86 servers.
• i2Backup — Application & Data Backup
  Backed up critical applications and voucher data from the production AIX system to DR AIX servers, ensuring data protection and recoverability.
• i2CDP — Continuous Data Protection
  Continuously protected the DR center database server i2Box-C that stores core production databases using the integrated i2BoxD-A disaster recovery appliance.

Solution Effects

• Established a mutual DR model that significantly reduced the cost of offsite disaster recovery construction.
• Multi-layer cross-platform disaster recovery ensured zero data loss, security, and reliability.
• Disaster recovery solution met Level 3 protection standards for public service institutions, satisfying regulatory compliance requirements.
• Simplified operations and maintenance with high cost-effectiveness and scalability.