PHE - Science Hub - Storage Array expansion via Health Trust Europe Framework (005703) for ICT Solutions

Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social and Social Care (DH) (hereafter referred to as "Public Health England" or "PHE" also referred to as the "Contracting Authority" or the "Authority" or the "Employer") have direct awarded CDW a Contract via HealthTrust Europe LLP Framework Agreement ICT Solutions (005703) for the provision of x2 Storage Arrays:

SEAGATE 'NYTRO' 2U 24 BAY SAN ARRAY 5005 NYTRO DUAL ACTIVE-ACTIVE 16GB FC CONTROLLERS (SWAPPABLE TO 10GBE CONNECTIVIT 4 X 16GB FC PORTS PER CONTROLLER OVER 600K SUSTAINED RANDOM IOPS PERFORMANCE CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE 0.00 0.00 6 X 3.84TB SSD FITTED (JUST OVER 17TB USEABLE R5 ASSUMING NO HOT SPARE, AS ALREADY MIRR 18 X 2.5" DRIVE BAYS FREE FOR 7K, 10K 15K HDD DOES NOT SUPPORT 3.5" HIGH CAPACITY HDD'S SUPPORTS MULTIPLE 5U 84 BAY EXPANSION CHASSIS HDD'S &/OR MORE 2U 24 BAY EXPANSION C 0.00 0.00 ALREADY A PROVEN SOLUTION UNDER DATACORE SSV

The proposed storage expansion will ensure that this business-critical software which is at the core of the Science Hub infrastructure remains fully available and required storage is available over next 3-4 years.