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Citrus County school board tables $1.4 million server refresh amid contract questions
Summary
After detailed questioning about pricing, Microsoft terms and subscription guarantees, the Citrus County School Board voted 5-0 to table a proposed virtual server infrastructure refresh costing roughly $972,165 initial outlay and about $1.4 million over five years for further contract clarifications.
The Citrus County School Board on Feb. 14 tabled a multi-part contract to replace the district’s aging virtual server infrastructure after members raised questions about subscription pricing, Microsoft-specific contract language and early-termination liability.
IT staff told the board the upgrade would replace end-of-life VxRail hardware with new NVMe-based clusters, add a disaster-recovery cluster and move more services toward a cloud-first architecture. "The hardware and support does run $843,000," the presenter said, adding that the VMware subscription was…
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