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REQUEST FOR m~ vW:, <br /> COUNCIL ACTION , <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> JULY 6, 2010 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> CONTRACT AWARD FOR ? As Amended <br /> HP SERVERS & STORAGE ordinance on 2nd Read ng <br /> (SPEC. NO. 10-022) ? Implementing Resolution <br /> ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> f ~ ~i~-~°`~"- FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY ANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> 1. Award a contract to GST, Inc., for the purchase of servers in an amount not exceed <br /> $37,100. <br /> 2. Award a contract to Nth Generation Computing, Inc., for the purchase of storage in an <br /> amount not exceed $40,100. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The Santa Ana Police Department Data Center and the City Hall Data Center, currently have 139 <br /> physical computer servers in operation. These servers host 84 departmental applications, six <br /> enterprise applications and 34 City wide computer infrastructure services. Five of these servers <br /> in the City Hall Data Center and three of the servers in the SAPD Data Center have reached the <br /> manufacturer's end-of-life. The Information Services' Data Center Support Team recommends <br /> <br /> the replacement of these eight servers for reasons of reliability [the servers are more given to <br /> incidents of component failure]; serviceability [new replacement parts are more and more difficult <br /> <br /> to obtain after servers reach end-of-life]; energy efficiency [replacement equipment is <br /> significantly more power and cooling efficient, both of which would result in lower operating <br /> costs]; processing power [replacement devices employ the latest technology which provides <br /> dynamically higher performance to cost ratios]. The Data Center Support Team's practice is to <br /> <br /> operate computer servers for 5+ years before replacement. The reliability and the performance <br /> <br /> of the City's computing environment will be improved and made more reliable with the acquisition <br /> <br /> of these requested computer servers. <br /> 22A-1 ~ <br /> <br />