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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Kenneth Nelson, Information Systems Coordinator
DATE: September 22, 2015
SUBJECT:
Resolution to purchase three NetApp disk shelves and two E-Series Storage units from CDW-G of Vernon Hills in an amount not to exceed $150,930.00 for the Aurora Police and Fire Departments utilizing the National IPA Technology Solutions contract.
PURPOSE:
This resolution requests the purchase of three NetApp disk shelves and two E-Series Storage units from CDW-G in an amount not to exceed $150,930.00. There are two distinct issues being addressed in this request: first, augmentation of the existing SAN (Storage Area Network) infrastructure to add storage space; second, replacement of the now seven year old backup storage target.
The first project entails augmenting the Police and Fire Departments' storage system by modifying the primary and backup SANs. These SANs are used to store a wide variety of application data including, but not limited to, Police/Fire/Ambulance Computer Aided Dispatching, Police and Fire Reporting, False Alarm Billing, Arrestee Booking Photographs, and is the primary data storage backbone for the majority of the Police and Fire Departments' critical data. This storage system also supports in-car video systems which has significant storage requirements for standard and high definition video evidence. We are forecasting that additional storage will be required in spite of past and future attempts to reduce data which has been retained by both departments. Much of the data in question is not at IT's discretion to eliminate.
The second project is part of an approved FY2015 decision package intended to replace the platform where data backups are sent. The current system from Data Domain reached end-of-life and end-of-support in 2014 and now must be functionally replaced.
The two projects are being combined and accomplished through the SAN as a cost savings measure. In the past, the SAN and backup ...
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