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Information Technology <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/it <br />Item # 26 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />March 2, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Veeam Software Licenses <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Award Purchase Order in the amount of $47,426 to CDW Government LLC, for Veeam <br />data recovery software licenses (Specification No. 21-006) (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to CDW Government LLC, <br />for Veeam software licenses in the amount of $47,426, 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 <br />Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) data centers, which together house the largest <br />concentration of computer systems used to support City operations. More than 300 server <br />class computers operating in these data centers host business systems that all City <br />agencies and departments utilize. To ensure the integrity of these systems, the computer <br />data must be protected from loss or damage due to a disaster, equipment failure, or <br />inadvertent deletion or change. <br />The current backup solution relies on proprietary hardware and a proprietary vendor- <br />cloud solution. Due to the growth of data storage at the City over the past three years, <br />the backup appliance’s storage capacity is nearly full. Rather than replace the appliance, <br />we are requesting to purchase the Veeam Backup & Replication solution which is a data <br />recovery software that allows any non-proprietary hardware to be used for onsite storage, <br />and also allows for cloud backup using Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) cloud storage. <br />This solution will allow the City to utilize our existing standard hardware to support the <br />increased data growth requirements. <br />The Veeam solution provides a simple, reliable, and flexible solution to protect the City’s <br />cloud, infrastructure, and data. It helps reduce operational overhead and allows for <br />flexibility in selecting an infrastructure and storage for the best return of investment on <br />existing and future infrastructure purchases. In addition, Veeam enables license <br />portability for workloads that are physical, virtual, or in the cloud with Veeam Universal