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Case Study:
King County Solid Waste Division
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Networking
King County Solid Waste Division transforms a simple equipment reshuffle
into a strategic network redesign, adding value and saving money for everyone.
About the Customer
In the solid waste business, you learn to think twice before you toss
things away. Especially network switching equipment that's still doing
a good job handling the traffic. But you also learn to plan for the
future.You want to be sure you've got solutions that can accommo-
date growth – whether you are talking about an increase in waste
or emerging technology in the years ahead.
That's why when Ken Willis saw the opportunity to move some of
his core switching equipment to a satellite office, and redefine his
central network with an Allied Telesis AT-SB4000 series switch, he
jumped at the chance.
"Our Cedar Hills facility was upgrading to a better connection,
through a program the county was offering, " says Willis."So we
wanted to update their equipment to capitalize on that new band-
width.We also wanted to consolidate and upgrade the systems
here in the main office.We realized we could move our current
equipment to Cedar Hills, which would multiply their capacity by 10
times, and then move some of their equipment out to upgrade our
remote transfer stations.That way everyone
could get a better network at the same time, with very little waste. "
More Than Just Trash Removal
Ken Willis is the Information Systems Administrator for the King
County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Solid Waste
Division (SWD), located in Seattle,Washington. As one of the
largest counties in the nation, King County covers more than 2,200
square miles, and the SWD is responsible for designing, operating
and monitoring eight transfer stations, two rural drop boxes and a
regional landfill.
PROFILE
Project Intelligent workgroup and backbone infrastructure
Scope 210 workgroup nodes and 12 application aggregation server
Challenge Consolidate and upgrade an existing Ethernet LAN on a shoestring budget
Critical Objectives Simplify network structure and improve system performance
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Allied Telesis Case Study: King County Solid Waste
King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, Wa
That's a tall order, but don't make the mistake of thinking the
SWD is only about garbage.
"We like to say it isn't about trash, it is about environmental
stewardship, " Willis says, "And actually, it really is. We serve
more than 1,200,000 customers in the Greater Puget Sound
area through our programs and services. We run the transfer
stations and the landfill – processing over 950,000 tons of solid
waste per year – and we manage closed landfills. We also
create educational programs on waste reduction and recycling,
we offer online services including a recyclable materials
exchange service where people can find information on
eco-friendly building materials, and we work with other
government agencies to protect environmental quality.
Maximizing Value for Ratepayers
Protecting the environment is a key issue in the Pacific
Northwest, the SWD programs are critical to achieving
conservation goals. But building and maintaining a successful
Solid Waste infrastructure takes a solid network infrastructure.
And that means one that can handle traffic not only today, but
for years to come. In early 2003, it became clear to Willis that
the equipment installed in some of his remote offices wasn't
going to handle the growth of those networks. Plus, the system
in the main SWD office, which now supported 210 workstations,
was aging, and beginning to outgrow its architecture.
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