Joint-Regent Commodity Data Storage

The University of Iowa is seeking proposals for commodity data storage solutions. The university has two primary areas that will order: Commodity-At-scale and Collegiate Research systems. The Commodity-At-scale area utilizes University standardized ZFS configurations, while the Collegiate Research systems will order based on specific researcher needs. The university anticipates ordering for three distinct storage profiles over the life of the award agreement: ZFS storage nodes, distributed filesystem storage nodes, and distributed filesystem service/management nodes. Suppliers must be able to provide all profiles, ideally using a common chassis platform where feasible. * The university requires dual/redundant power supplies, hot-swap storage trays, and out-of-band management. * The university also requires onboard SAS controllers with the ability to disable onboard RAID, external drive controllers that are configurable/flash-upgradeable to vanilla HBA configurations, and multipath capable HBAs. * The university requires enterprise-class hard drives, compatible with both ZFS and distributed filesystem use, and supporting SMART reporting. * The university requires a minimum capacity of 240 GB for operating system disks, with a 480 GB option available. * The university requires two or more 25 Gb or faster dedicated onboard Ethernet network interfaces, with optional expansion cards capable of accepting optics up to 100 Gb or greater for datacenter connectivity.