11.10.2023
This call for tenders concerns the acquisition of new servers, fibre switches, an NVMe storage array and cables to replace existing production and big data cloud-era platform servers.
The deadline for the submission of tenders is 25 October 2023 at 20.00 CEST.
- Do you need services for the physical integration of equipment into your racks?
- No need
- Do you need services for the installation/Setup OS on your servers (Windows, Linux, ESXI) ?
- NO need
- Do you need services around initialization/startup setup of Storage device ?
- yes
- Do you need services around initialization/startup setup of FC SAN Network device ?
- yes (optional)
- We use digital signature in our workflow to sign official documents. Will this be accepted by the UPU in our answers to the RFP or do we have to print the documents, sign them by hand and scan them again to send them via e-mail ?
- We can accept digital signature
- Can you confirm if you need 90TB usable or raw?
- 30TB usable space and around 90 TB expected effective space
- raid 5 minimum
- one hostpar
- You request for Big Data “2 M.2 960GB (RAID 1) for hypervisor or operating system”. For delivery time optimization, are you open to SSD 960 GB / Raid 1 equivalent ?
- No we need 2 M.2 960GB (RAID 1)
- Investment in BIG DATA 2 Fiber Channel switches, and 48x32Gb SFPs : est-ce que vous pouvez préciser le airflow mode des switches : rear to front ou front to rear ?
- rear to front
Optional Investment in Arista 7050SX3-48YC8 - 48 10/25G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces ports or equivalent : est-ce que vous avez besoin des 8 ports 100Gbps, ou une alternative avec 6 ports 100Gbps
- oui c'est possible
- La même question que pour les MDS concernant le airflow : est-ce que vous pouvez préciser le airflow mode des switches : rear to front ou front to rear ?
- rear to front
- where will those servers be deployed ? we assume it will be Switzerland only, correct ?
- In Switzerland only