Title
Staff Report for a City Council Resolution to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement with ConvergeOne for a Data Center Storage Upgrade for the Amount of $157,518.14; and Authorizing the Appropriation of $157,518.14 from the IT Fund Balance (approves one agreement totaling $157,518.14 and authorizes appropriation in the amount of $157,518.14).
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with ConvergeOne to install and configure new storage systems to replace the existing storage in the City and Police Department data centers. The contract is for $157,518.14.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Leandro's data centers in City Hall and the Police Department are designed with a centralized data storage architecture. The Dell EqualLogic storage devices currently in use, which are mission critical IT infrastructure, have reached the end of their useful life and should be replaced.
Analysis
The City of San Leandro's Information Technology Division manages mission critical data center infrastructure and maintains two data centers: one for City Hall systems, which includes City Hall, public works, and the library system, and one for the Police Department. These data centers are physically and logically segmented, consistent with Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
The City's data center architecture uses centralized Storage Area Network devices (SANs) that are accessed by virtualized server and network systems. These mission critical storage devices support nearly all of the servers and applications used by City staff, including the entire New World system used by the Police Department.
The current storage devices are Dell EqualLogic and were installed when the Police Department and City Hall data centers were modernized in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The typical useful life of storage devices is seven years, and the EqualLogic devices are approachi...
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