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County IT director urges funding plan to avert critical VxRail failure; commissioners prioritize core infrastructure
Summary
Missoula County IT staff told commissioners its core virtualization platform is past refresh and needs a multi‑year funding plan; commissioners prioritized setting aside $65,000 this year toward a refresh and approved lower‑cost self‑service password reset and other IT items for the budget, deferring larger hires.
Missoula County’s IT director explained Aug. 27 that the county’s core virtualization servers (VxRail platform) are six years old, out of support and at increasing operational risk, and recommended beginning a multi‑year refresh plan. Ken (IT director) said the full rip‑and‑replace would be large — “about a $120,000” to $350,000 in recent estimates — and recommended creating a recurring savings account so the county is not hit with a quarter‑million or larger bill every refresh cycle.
Ken asked…
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