The Collin County Information Technology department requests approval for the acceptance of donated equipment from GTS. By accepting this donation from GTS, the county will not only increase the amount of storage for server backups but also have the opportunity to try new technologies for future consideration.
This equipment will include a server, 320TB of raw storage space, and a 3 year Veeam Solution license. The value of the donated equipment is $97,951.00. The equipment comes with three years of support. Following the three years, the county may opt to purchase annual maintenance for $1,000 per year. Collin County can keep this equipment indefinitely at no charge to the county, even if the maintenance is not renewed after year three.
ThinkServer SR630
Intel Xeon Silver 4214
16Gb RAM
2x 10GbE Ports
DE4000H
40 x 8TB = 320TB RAW
8x 10/25GbE iSCSI
Grow to 3PB
Veeam Solution
Veeam 3 Year Universal Backup and Replication Enterprise Edition
1x License (10x Hosts)
Purchasing Department Action
Request Commissioners Court consideration and any action regarding the acceptance of donated technology equipment from GTS Technology Solutions, Inc. valued at $97,951.00. mc
HR and/or IT Action
Budget Department Action
Acceptance of donated equipment from GTS Technology Solutions, Inc. valued at $97,951. The equipment comes with three years of support and after the three years the County can opt to pay $1,000 per year to continue maintenance. Funds would have to be budgeted at that time if the county chooses to continue the maintenance.
Auditor's Office Action
Acceptance of donated technology equipment from GTS Technology Solutions, Inc., valued at $97,951.
Commissioners Court
Accept the donation of technology equipment from GTS Technology Solutions, Inc., Information Technology.