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---+++ Objective<br /><br />The objective of this project was to use mixed-integer programming (MIP) models to automatically design a minimum-cost storage area network (SAN). We designed this SAN as a possible alternative to the storage system that was used (up until 2007) by the <a href="https://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/" target="_blank">Department of Engineering Science (DES)</a> in the <a href="https://www.auckland.ac.nz/" target = _blank">University of Auckland</a>.<br />---+++ Progress <br /><br />The MIP model is expressed in {link:AMPL|https://www.ampl.com} and solved with the {link:CPLEX solver|https://www.ilog.com/products/cplex/}.<br /><br />This project is research for the __Network Design and Simulation Group__ https://www.ndsg.net.nz/.<br /><br />NDSG has received a grant to build a Core-Edge SAN from the University of Auckland School of Engineering's 2007 CAPEX fund.<br /><br />h2 Current Work<br /><br />[Description of the current DES storage system | Current DES Storage System]<br /><br />[Design of an Alternative (Core-Edge) SAN | Core-Edge SAN Design]<br /><br />[Using BCP to design general SANs - 2007| BCP SAN Design]<br /><br />[Building the Alternative (Core-Edge) SAN | Core-Edge SAN Implementation]<br /><br />* [LARTC, DRBD and Multipath Architecture for Core-Edge SAN | DRBD_Multipath]<br />---+++ Publications<br /><br /><br />'A Mixed-Integer Approach to Core-Edge Design of Storage Area Networks', Cameron Walker, Michael O&rsquo;Sullivan and Timothy Thompson<br />~~Computers and Operations Research~~, 34, (10), p2976-3000, 2007<br /><br />'An improved mixed-integer programming formulation for Core-Edge storage network design', Cameron Walker and Michael O'Sullivan ~~In preparation for submission to Computers and Operations Research~~<br /><br />'Prototyping the Network Management Cycle', Cameron Walker and Michael O'Sullivan ~~In preparation for submission to MASCOTS 2008~~<br /><br />'Building high-performance storage networks using commodity components', Cameron Walker and Michael O'Sullivan ~~In preparation for submission~~

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