To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marc Shorr, Information Technology Director
Report Title: Contract with Nautilus Data Technologies, Inc.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Information Officer, or designee, to execute a contract with Nautilus Data Technologies, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $65,900 to provide data center services to host the County's Disaster Recovery Site for the period of September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost for this contract is comprised of a one-time setup fee of $6,200 and a recurring monthly fee of $4,975 for the use of the Nautilus data center. The cost of the agreement is included in the approved FY 23-34 Department of Information Technology budget. (100% General Fund)
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) maintains and operates the County's primary data center providing critical services to the County that must be continuously available in the event of a natural disaster including earthquakes, fire, and floods. Currently, the County does not have a viable disaster recovery data center that could continue to provide these services should the primary data center no longer be available.
DoIT established several requirements for the County's Disaster Recovery Data Center. It must have geographic separation from the primary data center located in Martinez, it must guarantee a minimum of 99.99% uptime and availability, DoIT staff must be able to access the facility 24x7 to maintain County equipment, and it must be monitored and secured on a 24x7 basis. Beginning in October 2022, DoIT conducted an analysis of several possible locations that could meet the County's needs to serve as the County's disaster recovery site. These included data centers operated by the State of California, three neighboring county governments that met the geographic separation requirements for disaster recovery, and referrals for commercial datacenter providers utilized by other governmen...
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