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September 10, 2012
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGIES BOARD
HELD ON
September 10, 2012
The Regular Session of the TECHNOLOGIES BOARD of The Colony, Texas was called
to order at 6:34 pm on the 10th of September, 2012 at CITY HALL, in the City Managers
Conference Room, City Hall, 6800 MAIN STREET, THE COLONY, TEXAS, with the
following roll call:
Bill Swink present
Stephen Hoffman present
Joye Grube present
Lyle Snider present
Tim Tomlinson absent
Council Liaisons
Mayor Joe McCourty present
Jeff Connelly present
With four out of five members present a quorum was established and the following items
were discussed.
1.0 Call Meeting to Order: 6:34 P.M.
Meeting called to order at 6:34
1.1 Announcements
None
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES
Acceptance of Technologies Board Minutes for a meeting held on March 29, 2012.
3.0 CITIZEN INPUT
None
4.0 AGENDA ITEMS
4.1 Review and discuss Network Attached Storage device options for
replacement of the current EMC storage system.
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Ted Ringener informed the board that the city's current EMC device was
purchased six years ago and initially had four terabytes of space but now only has
a few hundred gigabytes. We have been getting errors from the system and are
unable to determine how much space we actually have available. The city also
received a letter from the company informing us that this particular model will no
longer be supported, hardware or software, as of February 2013. We can purchase
third party support which we have been doing, but it's costing the city around
$10,000 annually. The city is expanding and we will need more storage space and
will need to replace the current system. Ted presented several different options
which included: the next generation EMC device which is the VNXe series or
NexentaStor by Aberdeen. Ted indicated that he has attempted to contact current
users of the NexentaStor product to input on its performance and is still waiting to
hear back from them.
Joye Grube made a motion to approve the purchase of a new storage unit based on
the final review of both units by Ted Ringener. Bill Swink seconded the motion.
Motion carries.
Joye Grube made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT
With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:17 p.m.
APPROVED:
Joye Gru e 'Chair Christie opling, Re rding Secretary
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