Provision of Data Storage Solution to constitute node on e-INIS Federated National Data Store
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies now invites tenders for the supply, installation and maintenance of suitable Storage Area Network equipment & front-end servers to expand the current storage. The solution proposed should include:
— High-density SATA disk arrays providing a total of approximately 700TB usable storage when configured with RAID 6 (or equivalent data protection),
— Disk controllers should feature at least dual 8Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces and redundant power supply units should be included in each chassis,
— Storage density must be at least 20TB per standard rack unit (1U or 44.5mm),
— Storage Area Network Fabric providing full redundancy with 8Gbps bandwidth or greater,
— All requisite SAN interconnects must be included,
— Two front-end file servers should be included in the proposals in order to export the storage to remote users using a number of specialist repository and Data Grid systems. It is envisaged that these servers will be configured as a High Availability Virtual Machine platform. VMware compliance and accreditation must be assured for any hardware being tendered. Each server must include a dual port HBA to match the proposed SAN interconnect,
— All requisite rack-mounting hardware for supplied equipment along with power leads using IEC 320-C13 connections for connection to existing power distribution units,
— A 10 Gigabit Ethernet 24-port top-level switch should be included. This should include any additional modules and cables required to connect the supplied file servers to an optical network (LR 1310nm) at 10 Gigabits per second.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=408032.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=408032.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-06-05.
The procurement was published on 2012-04-13.
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Procurement history
| Date |
Document |
| 2012-04-13
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Contract notice
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| 2012-10-25
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Contract award notice
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