Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology (DoT), to establish a purchase order with OnX LLC, utilizing existing universal term contract (UTC) FL004391, which expires June 30, 2012. The UTC was authorized by ordinance 0892-2009, passed July 6, 2009. The purchase order will provide for additional EMC equipment and software to expand the City's Storage Area Network (SAN), at a cost of $539,098.08. This cost reflects discounts off list prices established in the UTC.
The Department of Technology provides data storage services to the city in support of critical business systems such as CHRIS, Accela, CUBS, 311, and others. The Department of Technology is seeking to expand the enterprise data storage device in response to growth in demand. While demand has increased in almost all areas, two areas have exceeded projections. Virtualization of servers, which reduces power, cooling and hardware procurement costs for data centers, has grown rapidly in the last 12 months, increasing the storage required for this environment by 99%. Shared file storage has also grown by 20% in the last 16 months. This purchase will expand the current EMC VNX5700, building on the existing investment made by the City in 2010. It will add additional capacity and performance to help meet the expected growth demand for the City in the next 2-3 years. The purchase of additional data storage space for the secondary data center will allow for more robust recovery in the event of a primary data center outage. Also, storage for the virtual desktop initiative will allow for a pilot program to be completed to properly evaluate use cases and performance.
*OnX USA LLC (formerly known as Agilysys Inc.), EMC Equipment, Software and Services, $539,098.08, (FL004391, BPCMP46A - Expiration Date: 6/30/12)
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