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IT warns of steep virtualization and storage cost increases; offers SAN replacement or hosted disaster‑recovery option
Summary
City IT staff briefed the committee on rising costs for virtualization and backup software, a required SAN replacement by 2026, and options for disaster recovery including an on-site SAN replacement (~$121,000) or a hosted replication service (~$23,300/month). IT also cited Section 13 of CJIS requiring disaster recovery planning.
City IT staff told the committee that virtualization licensing, backup and cloud‑migration costs are rising sharply and that the city must replace end‑of‑life storage arrays (SANs) in 2026 or adopt a hosted disaster‑recovery alternative.
The IT presenter said the city’s VMware licensing costs have spiked from roughly $1,800 a year to about $28,800 under new Broadcom pricing and that Veeam backup and cloud modules and other security tools are also increasing. “What used to be…$1,800 a year expense is now $28,800,” the IT…
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