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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 21, 2020 <br />TITLE <br />AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER FOR AN <br />AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,890 TO <br />CPACINC.COM FOR BARRACUDA <br />BACKUP SERVER AND LOAD BALANCER <br />(INTERNAL SERVICE FUND) <br />(SPECIFICATION NO. 20-030) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />_••e• <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1"Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />,K•�►nl►tr».ic•� <br />/s/Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to CPACInc.com for <br />barracuda backup server, in an amount not to exceed $49,990, subject to non -substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to CPACInc.com for <br />barracuda load balancer, for an amount not to exceed $900, subject to non -substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Information Technology (IT) Department provides support to both City Hall and the Santa Ana <br />Police Department (SAPD) data centers, which together house the largest concentration of <br />computer systems used to support City operations. More than 300 server class computers <br />operating in these data centers host business systems that all City agencies and departments <br />utilize. To ensure the integrity of these systems, the computer data must be protected from loss or <br />damage due to a disaster, equipment failure or inadvertent deletion or change. <br />Barracuda Backup is an all -in -one enterprise solution for on -premise and cloud data backup <br />protection. It eliminates the need to utilize complex pieces of hardware and software combining it <br />into a single appliance that is centrally managed. Barracuda backup will also automatically and <br />securely replicate our data to the cloud, thus eliminating the need for third party data management <br />services and offsite tape storage. <br />Highly demanding enterprise networks require full -featured application delivery controller that <br />optimizes application load balancing and performance while providing protection from an ever- <br />22A-1 <br />