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MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE CITY'S NETAPP FAS804A SERIES DATA STORAGE SYSTEM FROM PRESIDIO NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $41,431.82 UTILIZING THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALTERNATE CONTRACT # 43211500-WSCA-15-ACS VIA THE FLORIDA NASPO VALUEPOINT NETAPP MNWNC-121 PURSUANT TO SECTION 35.18(C)(5) OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. On June 18, 2014, the City Commission awarded TS-14-06 "NetApp FAS8040 High Availability Centralized Storage Solution" to the most responsible/responsive bidder, Adcap Network Systems Inc. in the amount of $284,921.37.
2. The purpose of this solicitation was to seek proposals from qualified firms to provide the City with a NetApp FAS8040 High Availability Centralized Storage Solution.
3. The NetApp storage system provides centralized data storage to all City workstations, mobile devices and applications for public safety, utilities and other key departments through the existing City-wide fiber optic network. The NetApp storage system provides a collection of high performance disk drives that are organized into a single fault-tolerant and redundant system that can be logically partitioned and managed. Servers and workstations connect to this storage system through high-speed network interfaces. Logical drives are created on the NetApp and function as local disk drives to the city servers and workstations. This approach is commonly used in nearly all data centers to increase flexibility, improve performance and reliability while lowering costs and increasing efficiency.
4. The initial purchase included an initial three year support and maintenance term expiring in 2017.
5. On September 19, 2017 the City Commission approved the purchase of the renewal of the annual support and maintenance for the City's Netapp FAS8040A Series Data Storage System from Presidio Netw...
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