NEXSAN ASSUREON ARCHIVE SYSTEM

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: NEXANT, INC. 101 2nd Street, 10th Floor San Francisco California United States 94105 Nature of Requirements: Nature of requirements

PWGSC File Number: M7594-132942/A Contracting Authority: Daniela Vasilescu Popa Telephone Number: (819) 956-6678 Fax Number: (819) 956-1156 Descriptive Title: NEXSAN ASSUREON ARCHIVE SYSTEM Proposed Contractor: NEXSAN Corporation or their designated reseller

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Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Client, has a requirement for the supply and delivery of 3 NEXSAN ASSUREON ARCHIVE SYSTEMS, as per the Statement of Requirements attached herein, including documentation and, the provision of 1-year, on-site warranty/maintenance services. The estimated cost of the requirement is $134,000.00USD. The delivery is to Ottawa, Edmonton, and Vancouver, and must be done before March 30, 2013.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available to provide the services and/or goods described herein, may submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the Contracting Authority identified in this notice on or before the closing date of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

The Archive system solution must provide a Windows (Server 2003 and 2008) Certified software client which: - seamlessly integrates into existing Active Directory managed file systems; - provides file ingestion and retrieval from/to all sites; - introduces primary tier storage optimization through the creation of very small files (4-6K shortcuts) on the primary storage tier in place of archived files; - provides the functionality of retrieving archived data and ingesting new files.

Rationale: The number of laboratory sites will be reduced from six to three over the next 3 years. (Two sites closing in March 2014 and one site closing in March 2015). The three closing sites will not receive new hardware investments relating to the archive solution but require the storage optimization that the archive layer provides. The archives in the three surviving sites require the ability to ingest, replicate and provide data back to all six sites for the duration of their existence. This solution supports the six sites collapsing to three with no additional hardware or software investment in the closing sites.

The Archive system solution must provide automatic fail-over to a remote replicated site using: - proprietary replication technology; - automatic fail-over to another remote, replicated site without user intervention in the event of a local hardware failure or network disruption.

Rationale: Existing replication through MS DFS-R is becoming increasingly unstable. MS DFS-R performance is unreliable and constantly fluctuating, user errors and data corruption are propagated due to lack of integrity checking.Although the MS DFS-R system has performed well in the past, with ever- increasing file volume it is a significant point of failure and risk in the current environment. The removal of reliance on MS DFS-R for static data will decrease the level of risk of replicated data corruption and increase performance.

The Archive system solution must provide integrated data integrity checking and authentication that includes: - fingerprinting at source with dual-cryptographic hash (MD-5 and SHA-1); - self-checking: scheduled data integrity checks against the fingerprint to determine authenticity; - self-healing: repair/replacement of damaged file from a guaranteed copy without administrator intervention; - automatic reporting of errors to administrator via notification log - guarantee data authenticity and integrity at all times - including having an un-alterable access history of every object.

Rationale: The requirement for guaranteed data integrity, authenticity and consistency is paramount. The current LIMS image repository is frequently subject to user error, data corruption, replication of corruption, and does not provide robust file access/change auditing. Currently, administrators are responsible for tracking down and manually repairing corruption or missing files. Automation and separation of the integrity checking, repairing, reporting functions will remove the current risks associated with manual intervention.

The Archive system solution must provide highly configurable options for administration of retention and versioning that include: - ability to create retention rules and associate them with unstructured data at the directory and file type levels; - ability to set a legal hold that overrides original retention periods; - ability to choose flexible or fixed retention periods; - single-point deletion on a per-object granularity that includes all file copies and file-specific encryption key; - purge function is configurable to be automatic or to require administrator confirmation.

Rationale: Due to the forensic case-related nature of the archived data and legislated purge periods, it is mandatory to expunge certain data from file systems. The current archival layer (tape) does not lend itself to the location and removal of this data.The granularity of the level of control and configurability (to the file-type level) provided by the solution will enable compliance with legislated mandates.

The Archive system solution must be a self-contained, scalable system provided, configured and supported by the OEM that provides: - a layer of abstraction from the applications and systems it services due to independence from local server processing power - has onboard controller; - management and control of the storage sub-system through a single "pane of glass" GUI that shows the current state of the hardware and archive contents of all replicated nodes in the archive; - scalability with no file count limits while maintaining the single point of access and administration; - easy installation, in a short period of time that includes administrator training, installation and support from a single point - the OEM - and support pricing that remains constant over the life of the solution.

Rationale: Upgrades to the primary storage environment are ongoing and the archive tier will need to be able to integrate with and service the legacy LIMS environment as well as the new environment during the migration and testing phases. The level of abstraction provided by this solution will allow for this and also provide the ability to scale up should the need arise. Maintaining a single point of access and administration as well as a single point of support for will help avoid delays in tracking down problems, getting support and resolving issues if they arise.

LIST OF DELIVERABLES

Item # Description OEM Brand Name and Part Number Qty 1 Dual Site Assureon Archive AS-SXRL-6 3 Includes at each site 1 Processing Node and 1 Storage Array with 6TB usable storage, License for 5 Assureon Clients. Upgradeable to 12TB Replicated. 2 1 year Hardware 7x24 Onsite Support AS-HWSU-7-SXRL6 3 3 1 year Software 7x24 Support AS-SWSU-7-SXRL6 3 4 Assureon Archive AS-HXRL-6 3 Includes 1 Processing Node and 1 Storage Array with 6TB Usable storage, and License for 5 Assureon Clients. Optionally upgradeable to 16TB usable storage. Requires at least 6TB available in Multi-tenant Assureon for write of second copy of data. 5 1 year Hardware 7x24 Onsite Support AS-HWSU-7-SXRL6 3 6 1 year Software 7x24 Support AS-SWSU-7-SXRL6 3 7 Encryption key escrow license and support for up to 56TB of data AS-EKEL-56 8 Installation AS-PS-1

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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