Proposal

Name:

College of Engineering and Computer Science :Storage and Networking

FiscalYear:

2013

Audience:

Engineering and Computer Science, College of

Submitter:

Mauser, James

Budget Manager:

Asseff, Lynn G.

Project Manager:

Neelakanta, Mahesh

Proposal Approvers

Dept. Chair:

Ilyas, Mohammad

Local IT:

N/A

Dean:

Ilyas, Mohammad

Facilities:

N/A

OIT:

Campbell, Glen R.

Proposal Funding

Year 1:

$ 77,000.00

Year 2:

$ 0.00

Year 3:

$ 0.00

Total:

$ 77,000.00

Proposal Funding versus Average

Questionnaire

Narrative
A little over four years ago (Fall 2009) using PICO funds the College of Engineering and Computer Science was able to purchase storage and networking equipment for our Cloud based Desktops.  With recent budget cuts the College has not been able to expand upon that to meet the growing demands of our students.  We have exhausted all of our available 10 gigabit networking ports.  In addition, the storage that is currently used for our Cloud Desktops is over 4 years old and is approaching its end of life. It needs to be updated from the traditional hard drives used in the past to the newer and faster high performance Solid State Drives (SSD).  These upgrades are vital to the expansion our Cloud Desktops to ensure that our students have a responsive and high performance cloud desktop.


The degree to which the proposal aligns with the FAU Strategic Plan (http://www.fau.edu/strategicplan) and directly enhances or maintains services critical to carrying out FAU’s mission in ways that benefit students, faculty, and other stakeholders.

 Goal 1: Enrich the Educational Experience
This tech fee proposal will allows us to greatly enhance the College of Engineering & Computer Science’s undergraduate educational experience by allowing students to access Cloud based desktops that have very high performance.  Our college provides high quality academic programs and integral to these programs is the ability to access high performing Cloud Desktops.


Facilities
Hardware Requirements
Item Qty  Cost  Total 
Brocade 10gbe Switches  6 $7,000 $42,000 
SSD Server         2 $17,000 $34,000 
Total $76,000 



Software Requirements
Brocade License  1 $1,000  $  1,000 (Required for the Brocade switches)
Personnel Costs
N/A
Other Costs
N/A
Timeline
Purchase and Install of the switches and SSD servers will be done within a few months of the award to be used as soon as possible.


Sustainability
N/A 
Resource Matching
The College of Engineering and Computer Science will provide personnel resources to support the new hardware.
Implementing Organization
College of Engineering and Computer Science along with OIT Network team support 

Proposal Budget

Fiscal Year 1 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 3 Total
Hardware One-Time $ 76,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 76,000.00
Hardware Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Software One-time $ 1,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 1,000.00
Software Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Totals $ 77,000.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 77,000.00

Supporting Documentation

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