Over 250 govt. websites, 50 apps will not be accessible for 3 days from 8 pm tonight due to general shutdown of GSDC

Gandhinagar: More than 250 websites, around 50 applications (apps) and other internet based services of the Gujarat government would not be available/accessible for 3 days due to the general shutdown of Gujarat State Data Center (GSDC) planned from 8 pm tonight to 9 am of September 3.

An official of the Science and Technology department today said that during this period all the services hosted in Gujarat State Data Center, first and one of the largest such center across the country , like applications, Email, Internet, Websites etc., will not be available/accessible.

He said that it would be a general maintenance related shutdown and it has been scheduled in such a way as to cause minimum inconvenience to people and others concerned. September 1 and 2 are holidays and the shutdown would be over by 9 am on September 3 ie., by the time the office hour began.

Notably, the data center made operational in 2008 under Science & Technology Department, GoG with an objective to consolidate services, applications and infrastructure so as to ensure efficient electronic delivery of G2G, G2C and G2B services.

Under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Government of India, State Data Centre (SDC) has been identified as one of the core and critical infrastructure components needed for consolidation and hosting of applications that are essential for the delivery of e-Governance services.

GSDC in Gandhinagar, includes 2600 sq.ft of server & storage area, 600 sq.ft of connectivity zone and 1300 sq.ft of control room & utility area. It has been connected to all the Government offices through (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) GSWAN infrastructure. It act as a mediator and convergence point between open unsecured public domain and sensitive government environment. The GSDC has been equipped to host / co-locate systems such as Web Servers, Application Servers, Database Servers, SAN, and NAS etc.

It hosts around 50 apps and more than 250 websites. Enables departments to host their services/applications on a common infrastructure, Efficient management, optimum resources utilization. To provide decentralized delivery of services to the citizens in the state, Government of Gujarat has also set up four Mini Data Centres at Mahesana, Rajkot,Surat and Vadodara.

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