Published date: 23 September 2015

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 October 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

PR8 6PN

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

21785

Published date

23 September 2015

Closing date

1 October 2015

Contract start date

1 November 2015

Contract end date

1 November 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust is looking to invest in a technical disaster recovery solution that will enhance recovery times. The current infrastructure is based on dual Dell Compellent SC8000 SAN's - one located at the Southport datacentre and one located at the Ormskirk datacentre. Datacentres are approximately 8 miles apart and connected by 2 x 1GB dedicated LAN extension links providing layer 2 connectivity and asynchronous replication with minimal latency. The Trust operates VMWare ESXi VSphere V5.5 and approximately has 90% of all servers virtualised. In total there are approximately 220 servers. Data replication operates at a SAN level utilising Dell technology.
As part of a wider disaster recovery review, the Trust's IT dept. is looking to improve capability and simplify the recovery process. Approximately 100 virtual machines are to be protected with a new technology to aid automated and simple failover to a secondary site. Essentially the key business and clinical systems must be recoverable within minutes of a known service issue at the primary site.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Liz Fleetwood

Address

Town Lane,
Kew
Southport
PR8 6PN
England

Email

liz.fleetwood@nhs.net