TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Kenneth Nelson, Police Technical Services Coordinator
DATE: October 7, 2013
SUBJECT: title
Resolution to accept proposal for the purchase of a Storage Area Network (SAN) from CDW-G of Vernon Hills and additional consulting services from CDW-G and Merrimac Solutions, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $217,632.00 for the Aurora Police and Fire Departments.
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PURPOSE:
This resolution is requested to accept the winning response for the purchase of a Storage Area Network (SAN) from CDW-G for an amount not to exceed $217,632.00. The project entails replacing the Police and Fire Departments' 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, etc, but more importantly, it is the primary data storage backbone for the majority of the Police and Fire Departments' critical data.
The Police Department is in the process of deploying a new in-car video evidence system. The SAN will support the in-car video system as it brings with it significant storage requirements for standard and high definition video evidence.
BACKGROUND:
One half of the SAN infrastructure will be installed in the Police Department Headquarters Building (PDHQ) while the second half will be installed at the City's disaster recovery facility. This SAN provides real-time data geo-replication which means that critical operations and data will be stored in two physical locations at all times. In the event a disaster disables one data center, the second data center will be available to maintain business continuity.
The Police and Fire Department's current SAN manufacturer issued an "End-of-Support" notice effective 12/31/2013. Given the importance of the data stored in the SAN, a fully supported replacement SAN was required and subsequently a decision pack...
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