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Committee forwards $246,000 server-cluster replacement to consent agenda
Summary
City IT staff told the committee the existing 2015–2016 servers that host roughly 100 virtual machines need replacement; staff proposed an Azure Local hyperconverged solution not to exceed $246,000 and asked the committee to forward the item to the April 1 consent agenda.
Federal Way IT staff presented a proposal to replace the city’s aging server cluster, telling the committee the physical servers purchased in 2015–2016 now host about 100 virtual machines that are central to the city’s network and services. Thomas, the presenter, said the recommended solution is Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) supplied through an OMNIA contract and a reseller. He described the benefit as consolidating six aging physical servers to three newer hyperconverged nodes and reducing license exposure to third‑party vendor fee…
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