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CC - (1) Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with The [Re]DESIGN Group for the Purchase, Configuration, and Installation of a Dell EMC Vxrail System to Replace and Enhance Storage Capacity in the City's Data Center, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $146,056.29; and (2) Approval of The [Re]DESIGN Group's Buyback of the City's Legacy Hardware System.
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Meeting Date: February 14, 2022
Contact Person/Dept: Hoa Diep/Information Technology
Phone Number: (310) 253-6266
Fiscal Impact: Yes [x] No [] General Fund: Yes [x] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [x]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (02/09/2022);
Department Approval: Michele Williams (02/03/2022)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) approve a professional services agreement with The [Re]DESIGN Group for the purchase, configuration, and installation of a Dell EMC Vxrail system to replace and enhance storage capacity in the City's data center; and (2) approve The [Re]DESIGN Group's buyback of the City's legacy hardware system.
BACKGROUND
On April 22, 2013 the City Council approved the purchase of a Storage Area Network (SAN) in an effort to consolidate and virtualize the City's enterprise systems. After over eight years of use, the current SAN has reached end-of-life and will no longer be supported by the manufacturer.
A SAN is a device containing a large number of hard disks. Using networking technology, it allows multiple physical or virtual servers to attach to it as if the hard disks were installed in the server. This allows servers to be created and disk space allocated to them quickly. With a virtual server, there is no need to buy any hardware, as it is all provisioned through the software. The SAN allows drive sizes to be increased when needed...
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