Network Infrastructure Enhancement for the INGV Geosciences Museum in Rocca di Papa: GARR Connectivity and Operational Continuity

Abstract

In 2025, several technological upgrades were implemented to enhance the resilience of the IT network infrastructure of the INGV Geosciences Museum in Rocca di Papa, operated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). The interventions included the deployment of two Fortinet FortiGate 101F next-generation firewalls configured in an active-passive High Availability (HA) cluster, an HPE Aruba 2930M Layer 3 switch with network segmentation based on Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), and a DNS/DHCP server running Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) with BIND9 and ISC DHCP Server on a Raspberry Pi 4 platform....