Storage Array Network SAN Replacement

Description

Storage Array Network SAN Replacement is included as part of ICT strategic planning to look at replacing end of life EOL hardware, including forward planning to cope with capacity growth and using existing support training the Council has invested in. This requirement is to replace hardware storage used for the Council’s server environment which was purchased in excess of 10 years ago and is now EOL. The Council has a new requirement to procure EOL SAN replacement at primary Data Centre 106TB and secondary Data Centre 106TB, to meet current sizing. The total capacity includes 10% growth capacity over a period of 5 years. The options to use existing hardware or reduce hardware have been considered. Both wold be unacceptable due to the sizing and therefore the requirement is for replacement of SAN hardware. Existing Council ICT staff will upport all professional services for installation, configuration and testing; and for replication from Data Centre 1 to Data Centre 2. Council ICT staff will shadow the migration of one or two LUNs from the existing SAN onto the new SAN using work instruction of process, and the Council will complete the remaining data transfer. There is no licensing requirement. The following locations have SAN hardware currently EOL which are no longer supported with hardware replacement or software security updates. EOL Data Centres - Aurora House Data Centre William Patrick Library Data Centre