Northern Beaches Hospital — fault-tolerant ICT infrastructure for zero-downtime healthcare
A ProxMox high-availability cluster, dual-redundant network architecture and Meraki-managed switching. Together they deliver a secure, scalable platform for one of Sydney's largest public hospitals.
The Challenge
Healthcare infrastructure where downtime is not an option
Northern Beaches Hospital needed a robust, future-proof ICT platform to support critical BMS applications and storage, with no single point of failure. The existing network had to be replaced without disrupting live hospital operations, and the new platform needed to integrate seamlessly with the building's existing ICN architecture.
What Rinfras Delivered
A ProxMox HA cluster with zero planned downtime
Rinfras designed and deployed a high-availability ProxMox BMCS solution built on enterprise-grade hardware and a dual-redundant network topology. The result is a platform that supports dynamic VM migration for load balancing and minimal failover time, with rigorous failover testing completed before go-live.
ProxMox high-availability cluster
Dynamic VM migration and load balancing across dual Dell PowerEdge R450 servers and Intel NUC mini-PCs, eliminating any single point of failure
Dual-redundant network architecture
Two fully independent network paths to every critical system, configured with precise port allocation and verified through rigorous failover testing
Meraki managed switching
Cloud-managed Cisco Meraki switches for full network visibility, rapid troubleshooting and centralised policy enforcement across the hospital campus
ICN integration
Seamless integration with the building's existing ICN, bringing voice, data, security and BMS onto one coherent infrastructure
Outcomes
