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    18/00065 - SAN Replacement Programme

    Meeting: 20/11/2018 - Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee (Item 118)

    118 18/00065 - SAN Replacement Programme pdf icon PDF 85 KB

    To receive a report which outlines the requirement to deliver a new data storage infrastructure which will allow the Council to replace the existing end of life hardware.

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    Minutes:

    Mrs Spore (Director of Infrastructure) and Mr Garbett (Portfolio Assurance Manager) were in attendance for this item.

     

    1.        Mrs Spore introduced the report which set out the requirement to deliver a new data storage infrastructure which would allow Kent County Council to replace the existing end of life hardware.

     

    Mrs Spore and Mr Garbett responded to comments and questions from Members, including the following: -

     

    a)    Mr Garbett confirmed that all of the data that Kent County Council held would be accessible after the hardware had been replaced.

     

    b)    Mrs Spore explained that although the Storage Area Network (SAN) Replacement Programme decision and the Data Centre Exit Strategy decision were interlinked in terms of timing of implementation, the decisions were separate.

     

    c)    Mrs Spore referred to the cost of the SAN Replacement Programme and said that it would not add to the cost of the Data Centre Exit Strategy.

     

    d)    Mr Garbett said that theSAN replacement programme would accommodate the services systematic requirements for approximately ten years.

     

    2.    RESOLVED that the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services to:

     

    (i)    delegate the award of contracts with a provider for the purchase of new primary and secondary hardware, including the necessary contractual negotiations and enter into any subsequent necessary legal agreements, be endorsed.