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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 20, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD TO <br />GOLDEN STAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. <br />FOR HEWLETT PACKARD <br />SERVERS, FIBER SWITCHES <br />AND STORAGE <br />(SPEC. NO. 17-058) <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6,21 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance.on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 I Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to Golden Star Technology, Inc. <br />for the purchase of Hewlett Packard servers, fiber switches and storage in the total amount of <br />$154,740, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Hall Data Center houses 40 physical computer servers and over 250 virtual computer <br />servers. These servers host a number of enterprise and department applications such as the <br />financial management system, payroll system, utility billing system, business tax system, IT <br />service management system, content management system, the City web site, and Email system. <br />A key component of the City Hall computing environment is a specialized shared storage system <br />called a Storage Area Network (SAN). This system utilizes a number of high capacity individual <br />disk drives linked together by specialized software. The system allows the SAN to act as the data <br />storage for the virtual and physical host servers concurrently. The SAN allows flexible allocation <br />of data storage to the connected host servers along with sophisticated protection to prevent data <br />loss. <br />Currently, six servers have reached their end of life and no longer meet the City's operational <br />capacity. In addition, two fiber switches are obsolete and are no longer supported. To meet the <br />ever increasing amount of data and computing requirements, staff recommends the replacement <br />of six servers, two fiber switches and additional data storage capacity to improve the performance <br />of the applications critical to the City's.operational needs. <br />22D-1 <br />