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1�I � nrnt3 ��ix <br />� <br />March 10, 2016 <br />Mr. Mike Downs <br />County Manager <br />Cabarrus County, NC <br />Re: Request for funding - server <br />Dear Mike, <br />hinance DepariEnent <br />1 U Box 388 <br />Concord, NC 28026 -0388 <br />Phone: 704- 786 -6191 Fax: 704- 262 -6112 <br />Cabarrus County Schools is requesting funding to replace the main Dell chassis server <br />located in the Cabarrus County Government data center. The current server is a Dell <br />m1000e which was purchased 6 years ago and houses 16 server blades which run all the <br />school system's IT servers, including Active Directory domain controllers, DHCP and DNS <br />servers, and network server needed system wide (approximately 120 virtual servers). The <br />warranty has expired on the entire chassis and has been extended twice. Now, Dell will no <br />longer maintain an extended warranty on this device after it expires next weekend. We will <br />be replacing this chassis with 4 Dell FX2 servers that each hold 4 servers. This will give CCS <br />the additional security of a new hardware that is under warranty directly from Dell and an <br />expanded processing and memory capacity. Also, we will need a fiber channel switch to <br />interconnect the 4 new servers. The funding necessary to replace the server is $150,000. <br />Thank you for considering this request. Please let me know if you need any additional <br />information that may assist during your approval process <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael Stocks <br />Technology Director <br />Cabarrus County Schools <br />Cc: Dr. Chris Lowder, Superintendent <br />Dr. Katherine Propst, Asst. Superintendent <br />Kelly Kluttz, Finance Officer <br />Attachment number 1 \n <br />G -6 Page 149 <br />