APPENDIX N – JNET TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS
JNET TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Table of Contents
1JNET Environments Overview......
2Engineering Environment (Sand Box)......
3Development Environment......
4Test Environment......
5Production Environment......
6Disaster Environment......
7Hosted Environment......
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APPENDIX N – JNET TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS
1JNET Environments Overview
All of the environments are currently hosted at the commonwealth’s Enterprise Data Center (EDC). The EDC staff currently provides hardware support; base builds which includes the operating systems, virus protection and back-up/recovery software, as well as, storage and network configuration. The JNET Application Design & Development and Testing Team and primarily the JNET Application Support Team work with EDC staffing to provide all other support for all environments with the exception of the hosted environment. In the hosted environment, the JNET Application Support Team works with the JNET hosted partner to plan, coordinate assist in connections to JNET services and software.
2Engineering Environment (Sand Box)
The JNET engineering environment (also known as our “Sand Box” environment) supports the JNET software development life cycle. This environment is used in proofs of concept for new technologies, and new software products and upgrades. It is also used for product and technology evaluation for future implementation into other JNET environments. The JNET Application Design & Development and Testing Team is the primary user of this environment. The JNET Application Design & Development and Testing Team and the JNET Application Support Team in conjunction with EDC managed services lite provides server hardware, operating system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
3Development Environment
The JNET development environment also supports the JNET software development life cycle. This server environment supports the development and unit testing of all JNET custom applications. It is used to incorporate any new technologies, upgrades/fixes, and software products that have been developed by the JNET Application Team. The JNET Application Design & Development and Testing Team is the primary user of this environment. The JNET Application Support Team in conjunction with EDC managed services lite provides server hardware, operating system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
4Test Environment
The JNET test environment supports the JNET software development life cycle by providing functional string and system integrations and user acceptance testing. All JNET applications that are deployed in the JNET production environment are also deployed in the test environment to support regression testing as new or updated applications are produced in the development environment. The JNET Testing Team and JNET integration partners are the primary users of the JNET test environment. The JNET Application Design & Development and Testing Team and the JNET Application Support Team work with the JNET integration partners to plan, coordinate assist in connections to test JNET services and software before going live in production. The JNET Application Support Team in conjunction with EDC managed services lite provides server hardware, operating system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
5Production Environment
The JNET production environment supports both in-house custom-developed applications and commercial off the shelf (COTS) vendor products. The JNET production environment provides web-based applications that enable users to query information from several agency justice systems. In addition, JNET provides on-line training programs to its end-users via this environment. Sometimes JNET provides staging of various applications, limited performance testing, project pilots, and demonstrations within its’ production environment. This provides JNET with the ability to conduct limited production pilots by engaging a subset of the full JNET user community. The JNET Application Support Team in conjunction with EDC managed services lite provides server hardware, operation system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
6Disaster Environment
The JNET disaster environment supports both in-house custom-developed applications and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) vendor products. The JNET disaster environment provides web-based applications that enable users to query information from several agency justice systems.
The JNET disaster environment enables JNET customers the same ability as the JNET Production Environment in a reduced capacity. The JNET production environment is replicated to the JNET disaster environment to provide consistency and continuity in the event of a business or facility disruption. The JNET Application Support Team in conjunction with EDC manages services lite provides server hardware, operation system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
7Hosted Environment
JNET also supports a number of systems and applications for its agencies. For example, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (PCS) Sentencing Guidelines System (SGS) application, Law Enforcement Justice Information System(LEJIS), Sexual Offender Assessment Board (SOAB), andPennsylvania’s Crime Network (CNET)are a few of these systems which are located in our hosted environment. The JNET application support team in conjunction with its hosted partners and EDC managed services lite provides server hardware, operation system, and telecommunication support for this environment.
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