Replacement of UPU production and big data servers

Subject

(Uniquement en anglais)

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 4 October 2023 at 20.00 CEST.

Documents

Questions and answers

  • Do you need services for the physical integration of equipment into your racks?  
    1. No need
  • Do you need services for the installation/Setup OS on your servers (Windows, Linux, ESXI) ?
    1. No need
  • Do you need services around initialization/startup setup of Storage device ?
    1. Yes 
  • Do you need services around initialization/startup setup of FC SAN Network device ?        
    1. 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 ?
    1. We can accept digital signature
  • Can you confirm if you need 90TB usable or raw? 
    1. 30TB usable space and around 90 TB expected effective space
    2. Raid 5 minimum
    3. One hostpare