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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUEST DETAIL

ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT

Disk Storage System

RFP 15-224

December 28, 2015

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Rock River Water Reclamation District Technical Specifications and Request Detail

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1.0 PROPOSER'S QUALIFICATIONS

Information about the Proposer

1. Contractor Name ______________________________(Prime Contractor)

2. Legal Name (if different) ____________________________________

3. Years in Business ____

4. Number of years installing (providing proposed solutions) __________

5. Contact Person __________________________________________

6. Full Mailing Address _______________________________________

7. Telephone Number ________________________

8. Fax Number _____________________________

9. Email address of contact person ________________________

10. Name and phone number of Bonding company __________________

11. Number of full-time employees _____

12. Names, titles, roles, experience and qualifications/certifications of personnel who would work on this project (include these in Proposal, Section 5 – Required information.

13. Name of person who would be Project Manager for this project (also attach project management experience listing with similar projects to this in Proposal, Section 5 – Required Information: ________________________________________________________

This person will be required to meet with Rock River Water Reclamation District’s (RRWRD) Project Manager and/or his/her designee(s) regularly during the entire course of the installation to report on progress. FOR R

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1.1 Qualifications and Requirements

1. If more than one Vendor is involved in the planning, installation, conversion, training and/or support of RRWRD after installation, there must be one Contractor acting as Prime Contractor. This Prime Contractor assumes responsibility for all other entities involved. List Prime Contractor here: _____________________________________________________

2. Proposer must list three referenced installations combining both the Proposer and the proposed platform manufacturer. See following pages for reference requirements.

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Experience and Existing Customers

RRWRD is interested in Proposer’s experiences that most closely resemble this implementation. Provide answers with cumulative counts below.

1. How many customers with similar requirements does the Proposer currently support?

Within 150 miles of Rockford: ___ Total IL: ___ Total US: ____

2. How many customers of like or larger size and scope, has the Proposer supported?

Within 150 miles of Rockford: ___ Total IL: ___ Total US: ____

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1. Proposer Qualification and Customer References

1. Preference will be given to Proposers with references for implementations at organizations most similar to that of RRWRD. Please verify reference information before submitting, and inform your references that short telephone contacts should be anticipated.

2. The Proposer should include three references; references must demonstrate the following:

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Reference #1

1. Organization Name ______________________________

2. Full Address____________________________________ 3. Type of Business ________________________________

4. Contact Person/E-mail____________________________

5. Telephone and Fax #s____________________________

6. Secondary Contact/E-mail_________________________

7. When did this reference become a customer?__________

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Reference #2







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Reference #3







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2. Subcontractors

1. Identify all subcontractors or partners used for any purposes. Failure to disclose subcontractors/partners may lead to disqualification. Include separate sheet(s) labeled “Subcontractors/Partners” if necessary. 2. Every subcontractor shall be bound by the applicable terms and provisions of the contract documents. Further information about subcontractors may be requested prior to award.

Business Name/Address Years Exp. Function

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3. References for Subcontractor

Include below two references for EACH subcontractor (duplicate this page if needed for multiple subcontractors). Again, preference will be given to Proposers with references for implementations at organizations most similar to RRWRD.

Reference #1

1. Organization Name _______________________________

2. Full Address ____________________________________

3. Type of Business ________________________________

4. Contact Person/E-mail ____________________________

5. Telephone and Fax #s ____________________________

6. Secondary Contact/E-mail ________________________

7. When did this reference become a customer? _________

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Reference #2

1. Organization Name _______________________________

2. Full Address ____________________________________ 3. Type of Business ________________________________

4. Contact Person/E-mail ____________________________

5. Telephone and Fax #s ____________________________

6. Secondary Contact/E-mail ________________________

7. When did this reference become a customer? ________

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Executive Summary Current Environment Overview The Rock River Water Reclamation District’s (RRWRD) computer environment currently consists of several different environments, both x86 and IBM mainframe centric. Under x86 we utilitize Windows, Novell, and several Linux distributions. The majority of RRWRD x86 severs are implemented in a 3 node VMWare cluster. Applications in this environment include, but are not limited to general accounting, payroll, accounts payable and purchasing (Fundware), Sewer and Inventory Asset Management (Infor) and ESRI Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The Infor and GIS applications use Oracle running under VMWare and Linux. The IBM z114 currently runs both IBM zVM and IBM zVSE operating systems. The z114 supports are Utility Billing and Collection, Permitting, Waste Surveillance and EPA reporting under an application umbrella called STREAMS. STREAMS is written in Software AG's Natural programming language and utilizes Softtware AG's Adabas database product. STREAMS runs under the IBM zVSE operating system. Two Integrated Facility for Linux cards have been installed and activated on the IBM z114. It is the District's intention that it's Oracle and some other Linux work loads and be moved to the z114 utilizing the IFLs running SUSE Linux. The District's current disk environment consists of 4 SANS, plus some disk integrated with devices. These include 3 EqualLogic arrays (2 SATA, 1 SAS) and 1 IBM array running mostly as ECKD disks. Proposed Environment Overview RRWRD's goal is to replace all 4 of it's existing SANS with a single Enterprise Disk Storage System. This system would support both our x86 environments and our IBM z114 mainframe environment. The IBM z114 would be changed to operate with SCSI storage and not as ECKD storage. This disk storage system would be scalable with a common user interface for management of the device. Internal replication, flash copies or similar technology would be supported. If selected, the device needs to support external replication, although cost and other factors may determine whether this

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is part of the initial implementation or installed at a later time. The device must be highly redundant and/or resiliant. Redundant devices, controllers, power supplies, etc. all must be included in the system. The device must support both Fiber Channel and iSCSI connections. The successful vendor will also provide the District with appropriate training and conversion services, although after initial configuration, much of the z114 conversion may be done by contractors selected and paid by the District. The District is in the processes of installing and moving to a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and will require a very high speed, possibly solid state, storage set to prevent slow response at boot time.

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Current Environment Detail x86 VMWare cluster RRWRDV11 (x86-64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 1 CPU 4 GB RAM HD1 40GB, HD2 250GB Test Infor databases Oracle 11g 64 bit Database Size 9GB RRWRDV15 RedHat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 4 CPUs 5 GB RAM HD1 225GB, HD2 130GB, HD3 200GB (Not all disk allocated to OS) GIS database ESRI ArcGIS Oracle 10g 32bit Database Size: 60GB See Appendix A for AWR report RRWRDV26 (x86-64) SUSE Linux Enterpise Server 11 1 CPU 5GB RAM HD1 40GB, HD2 30GB, HD3 200GB Production Infor database Oracle 11g 64 bit Database Size 9GB See Appendix B for AWR report

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Current Environment Detail (Cont.) SAN(s) Three Dell Equalogic SANS: RRWRDSATA01 PS6000 2 - 4 port controllers interconnected/cross-connected (2 1GB ports each) to 2 HP ProCurve 5308XL core switches. RRWRDSATA02 PS6000 2 - 4 port controllers interconnected/cross-connected (2 1GB ports each) to 2 HP ProCurve 5308XL core switches RRWRDSASS01 PS5000 2 - 3 port controllers interconnected/cross-connected (2 1GB ports primary/1GB port secondary) to two HP ProCurve 5308XL core switches All NIC ports on SAN VLAN iSCSI connections to 3 VMWare hosts with approximately 25 virtual servers (Linux, Windows & NetWare) iSCSI connection to 1 NetWare 6.5 server - 1GB NIC iSCSI conenction to 1 Windows 2003 server - 1GB NIC

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IBM zEnterprise Environment IBM z114 (A01) Machine Type 2818 Serial E49C6 8GB RAIM, 8GB HSA, 8GB used by zVM/zVSE, 16GB available to be activated 4 FICONIX (FC0409) zVM 6,2 zVSE 5.1.1 STREAMS, Adabas, Natural IBM DS6800 Machine Type 1750 Serial 13-99760 16 73GB drives Defined as 80 3390-9 8 3390-1 (using 42 3390-9 and 8 3390-1)

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Proposed Environment Detail IBM z114 (A01) 8GB RAIM, 8GB HSA, 24GB used by zVM, zVSE and Linux zVM 6.2 (or zVM 6.3) zVSE 5.1.1 STREAMS, Adabas, Natural Linux/Oracle environments SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (or appropriate) Oracle 12c 64bit Environments each GIS prod GIS test Infor Production Infor test Rocket LegaSuite

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Technical Requirements The following technical requirements may be considered as minimum needs, as long as clearly defined you may propose alternatives.

1. Accepted system manufacturers, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems and IBM.

Can this requirement be met? _____ Yes _____ No

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2. Do you have customers operating the proposed device with servers operating Novell Netware?


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3. Do you have customers operating various x86 Linux environments with the proposed device?


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4. Do you have customers operating the proposed device with Windows Servers and other Windows environments?


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5. Do you have customers operating the proposed device with IBM ZEnterprise mainframes?


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6. Do you have customers operating the proposed device as SCSI FCP attached storage to IBM ZEnterprise mainframes?


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7. Total available initial available storage 75-90TB. Please identify proposed delivered disk, device max.


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8. The District estimates that its storage requirenents are tiered between very high speed, high speed, middle speed. We currently expect the very high speed to be SSD, and for Virtual Desktops we see an initial need of 2TB. In the high speed we see 50TB, and 32TB in the middle speed range. These are available numbers.


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9. Will the proposed system support IBM ZEnterprise access as SCSI devices attached via Ficonx (as Fiber Channel) or mainframe Fiber Channel cards?


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10. The District currently requires at least 22 iSCSI connections. Please identify your maximum supported connections as delivered and device maximum.


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11. The District requires 24 Fiber Channel connections. Please identify your maximum supported connections as delivered and device maximum.


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12. The District expects the succesful vendor to provide the Fiber Channel switches either Brocade 6510, District accepted equivalent or better. Please identify.


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13. The delivered device must provide a high level of redundancy and/or resiliance. This should apply to all components of the delivered devices. Please describe.


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14. The District expects iSCSI connections to perform as well or better than our current environment.


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15. The District expects Fiber Channel connections to perform better than our current environment.


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16. The delivered device must provide an adequate amount of cache, at least 128GB. Please describe how much will be delivered and how much can be installed.


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17. The delivered device must support separate power sources. Please describe.


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18. The District expects available growth built into the device. Please describe how many drive bays are in use and how many are free.


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19. Please describe available internal, external and offsite replication features. Please consider that external and/or offsite will be considered optional component(s) for the sale of this proposal.


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20. Will the device be delivered in its own enclosure? Please describe the enclosure specifications or if it is expected that the District supply the enclosure, please describe the requirements.


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21. The control software must be consistent across all hosts. This software must be included, please describe.


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22. Training must be provided on the control software.


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23. Describe all other software included in this proposal.


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24. Will training be supplied for all software included in this proposal?


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25. Will set up assistance be supplied for all software included in this proposal?


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26. Describe any computer requirements for software supplied in this proposal.


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27. The vendor must provide physical installation service.


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28. The vendor must provide conversion assistance. Conversion assistance includes volume, file and/or data migration


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29. As an option, the District would like to consider a second system for backup and redundancy. Please describe, and propose all cost associated with this as an option.


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30. Please identify future year support costs, based upon current pricing..


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31. Can you provide multiple options for financing; outright purchase, 3 and 5 year lease purchases?


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32. Do you have other features, alternatives that you wish to provide to the District?


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