Following my success in supporting and maintaining the OpenVMS systems at Jaguar in the Midlands, I was asked to lead the implementation of systems infrastructure at the newly acquired Halewood plant near Liverpool. This greenfield project involved replacing Ford’s systems with Jaguar’s own.
I designed a resilient three-node cluster spread across two data centres, each with separate power and communication links to the production facility. This setup ensured that the plant could be operated from either data center in the event of a hardware, power, or network outage.
I spent several weeks in Halewood building and implementing the system while continuing to support operations in the Midlands.
Upon completing the project, I provided comprehensive documentation and training to the local operations staff.