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| Email responses to agaru [at] loc .gov and chertenstein [at] loc .gov, subject line "Unified Storage Sources Sought - (Entity Name)" | | | |
| Questions | Yes/No | Optional Response to other questions (e.g. limits/maximum capabilities related to System's Specifications ) Or Attachment referral | Optional Additional Comment/Note |
| Background - The Library of Congress seeks unified storage system for its Tier-1 and Tier-2 data that provides both Block and NAS storage. These systems will be hosted in Library's (On-Prem) datacenters and will be used to store and manage Library’s applications data to include: | | | |
| VMWare Datastores |
| Multiple databases |
| Splunk Data/Indexes |
| Application data hosted on Linux and Windows that require disaster recovery ability |
| Network file shares (NFS, CIFS and Mixed-Protocol) |
In terms of capabilities that your system provides, please respond to the questionnaire below. These questions pertain to the salient capabilities that would be required in the storage system. Please note: Majority of the questions need a Yes or No response.
| Connectivity: |
| Does the system support Fiber Channel, SMB, NFS and iSCSI protocols? |
| Does the system support Fiber Channel Connectivity of 16Gb or 32Gb (for Block data)? |
| Does the system support NAS (Network-Attached-Storage) over Ethernet with 25GbE connectivity? |
| Does the system support iSCSI over with Ethernet 25GbE connectivity? |
| Network Attached File System Specs: |
| Does the system support max File System size of up to 256TB or more? |
| Does the system provide the ability to Expand & Shrink a file system? |
| Does the system provide ability to export a single (or same) file system via both NFS and SMB protocols (Mixed-Protocol)? |
| Does the system support greater than 1 billion files per file system? |
| Security & Compliance: |
| Does the system provide Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE) capability? |
| Does the system support LDAPS (LDAP over SSL or TLS)? |
| Does the system support the ability to Authenticate using MS Active Directory? |
| Does the system provide File-Level Retention (FLR) feature? |
| Does the system support the following Operating Systems? Please state Yes/No for each and provide comments as necessary. |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris 11 |
| RHEL 7/8/9 |
| RHEL 8/9.1/9.2/9.3/9.4 |
| VMware ESXi 7.0 (vSphere 7.0), VMware ESXi 8.0 (vSphere 8.0) |
| Does the system provide Compatibility in terms of Virtualization & Automation for the below. Please state Yes/No for each and provide comments as necessary. |
| Storage Virtualization Platform VPLEX 6.x |
| VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Integration: Managing failover and failback making disaster recovery rapid and reliable |
| Virtualization API Integration: VMware: VAAI and VASA. Hyper-V: Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) and Offload Copy for File |
| Ansible Module for automation |
| Monitoring & Integration: |
| Does the system provide compatibility with VIPR SRM 4.x for monitoring? |
| Does the system provide compatibility with ServiceNow/CMDB? |
| Will the Vendor be able to support on-prem systems located at: |
| DC2 - Manassas, Virginia (Primary Site) |
| DC4 - Wise County, Virginia (DR Site) |
| STaaS (Storage as a Service) |
| Does the vendor provide costing based on Utilization [STaaS (Storage as a Service)]? |
| At the end of contract, can the vendor continue with a similar contract that will include a Technical Refresh (if a Technical Refresh of Hardware is required at the end of 1st contract)? |
| Other System Requirements: |
| Is the power requirement per 1PB of usable storage below 8KW? |
| Do all devices in the system have N+1 power? |
| Does the system provide NAS and Block level replication between primary and DR sites? |
| Is redundancy built in the system in terms of Storage Controllers/Service Processors? |
| Does the system have automated tiering between storage device types? |
| Does the system provide data deduplication capability? |
| Does the system provide data compression capability? |
| Does the system support thin and thick provisioning? |
| Does the system use native or provide specialized multipath drivers? |
| Does the system allow administration/modification of Storage configuration via GUI and CLI (supporting all the above OS’s)? |
| Does the system allow LUN provisioning, file system provisioning and storage pooling that can be accomplished by Library's IT staff? |
| Does the system have the capability to Oversubscribe storage? |
| Does the system provide Storage Dual Parity Protection (across disks)? |
| Does the system provide Native support for VMware (required)? |
| Does the system provide Native support for Microsoft VSS (optional)? |
| Does the system provide Anti-virus feature to scan SMB files? |
| Does the vendor provide the option to Keep Your Hard Drive for Enterprise SSDs/Hard drives? |
| Will the vendor be able to support Installation and configuration of the systems at the sites : (1) Manassas, Virginia & (2) Wise County, Virginia? |
| Can the vendor provide Mission Critical 4-Hour 7x24 On-Site at the two sites: (1) Manassas, Virginia & (2) Wise County, Virginia? |
| Does the vendor provide Cloud based monitoring of its system as part of procurement? |
| Does the vendor provide ability to choose Specs of the systems under Storage as a Service (STaaS) model? |
| Will the migration of Block data from Library's existing systems to your system be disruptive? Please specify details such as approximate duration of disruption including migration services in the Additional Comments column. |
| Will the migration of NAS data/shares from Library's existing systems to your system be disruptive? Please specify details such as approximate duration of disruption including migration services in the Additional Comments column. |
| Will the data migration services be need to be procured from you separatly? |
| Integration in Library’s Environment / Backup / Restore / DR: |
| Does the system support NDMP Operations? |
| Does the system support Commvault (Version 11) with NDMP? |
| Does the system provide capability to recover a directory from exact location on a Tape? |
| Does the system provide capability to recover a file from exact location on a Tape? |
| Does it support compatibility with Tape Drives with versions LTO 7, LTO 8, LTO 9? |
| Does it support web browser to administer system using Google Chrome v57 or later? |
| Does it support web browser to administer system using Edge v41 or later? |
| Can it host 1000 Files Systems (NAS) or more? |
| Can it host 1000 LUNs (Block) or more? |
| Can it host 40 storage pools or more? |
| Can it support LUN up to 256 TB in size? |
| Can it support quotas for a (NAS) file? |
| Can it support soft and hard limits for the quotas? |
| How many max quotas per file are supported? |
| Up to how many Directories are supported per File system (in Billion)? |
| Up to how many files are supported per File system (in Billion)? |
| Does it provide ability to take snapshots for files and LUNs? |
| Up to how many Replication sessions are supported per File/LUN (Block)? |
| How many concurrent NDMP Sessions are supported per Controller or Service Processor? |
| Does the system support creation of a single storage pool with mixed drive types (NL-SAS, SAS, Flash etc.) and different sizes? |
| Does the system support the ability to create a single storage pool with different RAID levels (RAID-6, RAID-5 etc.) for different types of drives? |
| Is the system compatible with Cisco MDS switches (for SAN connectivity)? |
| Does the system support IPv4 and IPv6? |
What configuration would you recommend for the following conditions/specs? Seeking systems that typically would be contained in 42U Rack(s) with disks trays/drawers/DAEs and redundant (two or more) controllers. Each system should have a mix of SSD/Flash, SAS, NL-SAS drives.
| Primary Location |
| Two Storage systems each with: |
| Approximately 1.13PB (usable before storage efficiency such as dedup, compression and with RAID-6/Dual-parity configuration) |
| Eight 25GbE ports Network Attached Storage (NFS and CIFS) |
| Eight 32Gb FC ports (Block Storage) with backward compatibility to 16Gb |
| Approximately 250TB SSD/Flash (drives) (Raw) |
| DR Location (appx. 400 miles away from Primary Location) |
| Two Storage systems as below: |
| One storage system with approximately 1.04PB ( usable before storage efficiency such as dedup, compression and with RAID-6/Dual-parity configuration) |
| Eight 25GbE ports Network Attached Storage (NFS and CIFS) |
| Eight 32Gb FC ports (Block Storage) with backward compatibility to 16Gb |
| Approximately 250TB SSD/Flash (drives) (Raw) |
| 2nd storage system with approximately 876TB ( usable before storage efficiency such as dedup, compression and with RAID-6/Dual-parity configuration) |
| Eight 25GbE ports Network Attached Storage (NFS and CIFS) |
| Eight 32Gb FC ports (Block Storage) with backward compatibility to 16Gb |
| Approximately 250TB SSD/Flash (drives) (Raw) |
| Setup, initial configuration and knowledge transfer with 1-year of Support should be included for each system. |
| Other Questions: |
| Is prospective offeror on a Federal Supply Schedule? |
| Is prospective offeror's proposed configuration available on a Federal Supply Schedule? |
| Offeror's SAM UEI and Point of Contact? |
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