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Information Technology <br />www.santa-ana.org/it <br />Item # 13 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 19, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Award Purchase Order to Presidio Networked Solutions <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Award a Purchase Order in the Amount of $387,809 to Presidio Networked Solutions for <br />Data Center Server and Storage Infrastructure Equipment (Specification No. 22-014) <br />(Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Award a purchase order to Presidio Networked Solutions for HPE Disaggregated <br />Hyperconverged Infrastructure Equipment (dHCI), in the amount of $387,809, subject to <br />non-substantive 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 <br />Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) data centers, which together house the largest <br />concentration of computer systems used to support City operations. These systems <br />include the City’s financial systems, payroll system, tax systems, permitting system, <br />public safety systems, email system, document management system, and all file share <br />storage. <br />Each of the data centers has servers that make up a virtual server environment as well <br />as a storage area network (SAN) that provides the data storage. The two SAN <br />environments are both nearing the end of their useful lives as are many of the physical <br />servers used to house the virtual servers and will no longer be supported by the vendor. <br />To replace the end-of-life servers and SAN environments, staff recommends moving to a <br />Disaggregated Hyperconverged Infrastructure (dHCI). dHCI is a scalable, powerful <br />solution that integrates software defined compute and storage with automation to deliver <br />simplicity, ease of use, and better economics—by collapsing silos and removing <br />complexity. The simplicity of the dHCI environment will allow staff to more finely tune the <br />ratio of compute-to-storage resources, thus reducing overprovisioning and making more <br />efficient use of available resources. The procurement includes one dHCI environment for <br />each of the two City data centers.