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Yakima County approves storage-array replacement, cites long-term cost savings
Summary
The Board of Yakima County Commissioners approved agreement 133-2025 to buy a Pure Storage C50 array from Zaiologic to replace the county's largest production SAN; officials said the purchase is covered by accumulated depreciation and will lower future replacement costs.
The Board of Yakima County Commissioners on April 24 approved agreement 133-2025 to buy a Pure Storage C50 storage array from Zaiologic to replace the county's largest production storage-area network (SAN) in its data center.
County Technology Services presenter Dale said the replacement is needed because the existing SAN is approaching end of life and end of service later this year. "This will replace our our largest production SAN in the data center," Dale said, adding that the county operates multiple SANs and is working toward standardizing on a single model.
Dale told commissioners the purchase is "roughly [a] quarter million dollars" but has a net zero impact on the Technology Services operating budget because the county will fund the purchase with accumulated depreciation from the system being retired. He said support for the Pure Storage model runs about $30,000 a year and that the vendor supplies new controllers every three years, avoiding full SAN migrations that typically recur every seven to 10 years. "There will be a significant savings, as we go down the years utilizing this SAN," he said.
Commissioners discussed the replacement briefly and framed it as routine lifecycle maintenance with future cost benefits. Commissioner McKinney moved to approve agreement 133-2025; Commissioner Lindy seconded. With Commissioner Curtis excused, the remaining commissioners voted aye and the motion carried.
The board recorded no further conditions on the purchase during the work session and directed staff to complete procurement and implementation steps per standard county procurement and IT change-management procedures. County counsel Stephanie Wiegand and Clerk Julie Lawrence were in attendance for the item and will remain available as staff finalizes contracting paperwork.
The action replaces one production SAN in the county data center; commissioners and staff said remaining SANs will be addressed in subsequent years as they reach end of life.
