District technology staff seek $282,128 to add two server nodes to data center
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Summary
District technology staff asked the board to approve funding for two additional server nodes, raising capacity from four to six nodes to provide redundancy and support planned classroom camera expansions.
The district’s technology presenter requested approval to purchase two additional data‑center server nodes at a cost of $282,128 to expand the district’s existing four‑node cluster.
"Currently, our data center consists of 4 server nodes… The upgrade to 6 server nodes will allow us the ability to maintain critical services in the event of a hardware failure and also ensure seamless use of our video streaming and recording," the technology presenter said. Staff reported the current environment runs about 38 virtual machines and is at capacity for recommended operational thresholds.
Staff said the upgrade would also support the planned rollout of elementary classroom cameras. When asked how long the purchase would meet needs, staff replied that they "would hope it would be for the next few years" but noted technology needs can change based on system requirements.
No formal board vote on this purchase is recorded in the transcript; staff presented it as a request for approval.