Department: Universal Services
Department Head: Sindhu Menon
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Infrastructure Enhancements & Replacements
Project ID (if applicable): NI008
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Managing Entity: Universal Services
Incremental Authorization Requested: $1,469,338
Total Estimated Project Cost: $10,792,818
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of the Final Investment Memo for the Infrastructure Enhancements & Replacements project for an additional incremental authorization of $1,469,338 for a total authorization of $1,732,500 in FY 2025.
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Project Description:
The project is for the ongoing refresh, replacement, and expansion of Harris County's (HC) compute (virtualization), storage, monitoring, and backup infrastructure that supports all of our enterprise services. These services include but are not limited to the following systems: PeopleSoft, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), JWeb, Email, Directory Services, etc. This project also includes enhancements to the redundancy and availability of systems supported which would require additional expansion of these systems to better provide modern services as well as increased capacity when required.
Project Scope:
The HC managed compute (processing) environment relies upon numerous processing nodes connected to one or more chassis. One of these compute environments is undergoing a partial refresh and rebalance due to end of life equipment and requires replacement of two compute chassis to support newer processing nodes and to maintain supportability and compatibility with interconnected equipment.
The HC managed storage environment is approaching its 4th year in production. Since its introduction, Univers...
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