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Customer Information

Contact Information

Name

Title

Company

Phone

Email


Comments
Company Industry
Banking Insurance
Financial Markets Manufacturing
Government Retail/Wholesale
Healthcare Telcom

Other (specify):

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Purchasing Considerations

Budget (USD)
< $5,000 < $10,000 < $20,000 < $30,000
< $40,000 < $50,000 < $75,000 < $100,000
< $200,000 < $300,000 < $400,000 < $500,000
< $600,000 < $700,000 < $800,000 < $900,000
< $1,000,000 < $2,000,000 < $3,000,000 < Not Sure

Other (specify):



Time Frame to Purchase
< 1 month < 3 months < 6 months < Not Sure

Other (specify):



Finance
Lease Purchase Rent Not Sure

Other (specify):

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Project Overview

Objectives
Application Rollout High Availability Implementation
rPerf Performance Increase Server Consolidation
Server Migration - Bull Server Migration - HP
Server Migration - IBM Server Migration - Sun
Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Application Rollout
Business Intelligence Collaboration / Email CRM
Database eCommerce ERP
Financial Healthcare Retail / Wholesale
Web Application Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):

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Server Qualification

Server Preference
7037-A50 > PL245R 9115-505 > PL250R-VL
9110-510 > PL250R-L 9110-51A > PL450R-VL
9111-520 > PL250R 9131-52A > PL450R-L
9113-550 > PL450R 9133-55A > PL850R-L
9116-561 > PL1650R-L 9117-570 > PL1650R
9119-590 > PL3250R 9119-595 > PL6450R
Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Servers
Bull Escala Market Guide
Market Guide
Escala Solutions
Escala Solutions
IBM System p Market Guide
IBM Market Guide



rPerf Performance
2.48 3.25 3.51 3.62 4.34 5.24
6.11 9.13 9.86 10.15 11.16 11.49
12.27 13.25 13.83 18.20 18.75 19.10
19.66 20.25 22.26 24.48 27.58 34.46
35.50 37.22 41.68 42.14 46.36 52.21
53.43 60.50 65.24 66.55 68.40 74.95
77.45 80.86 85.20 95.96 116.29 151.72
170.11 212.41 238.16 273.10 306.21 Not Sure

Other (specify):



Performance
StorFacts™ rPerf Report
rPerf Report



Memory Capacity - GB/s
< 2 < 4 < 8 < 16 < 24 < 32
< 64 < 128 < 192 < 256 < 384 < 512
< 640 < 768 < 1024 < 1536 < 2048 Not Sure

Other (specify):



Memory
StorFacts™ Memory Report
Memory Report
Memory Solutions
Memory Solutions
Escala Express > Memory
Express > Memory



Dedicated Partitions
< 1 < 2 < 4 < 16
< 32 < 64 < Not Applicable < Not Sure

Other (specify):



Shared Partitions
< 0 < 10 < 210 < 40
< 160 < 254 < Not Applicable < Not Sure

Other (specify):

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Storage Qualification

Disk Technology
Internal DAS NAS
SAN NAS/SAN Combo Not Sure

Other (specify):



Disk Technology
StorFacts™ Disk Report
Disk Report
StorFacts™ RAID Report
RAID Report
SAN Solutions
SAN Solutions
GST Storage Market Guide
GST Storage Market Guide



Disk Capacity - TB/s
< 1 < 2 < 3 < 4 < 5 < 6
< 7 < 8 < 9 < 10 < 20 < 40
< 60 < 80 < 100 < 150 < 200 < Not Sure

Other (specify):



Disk Capacity
StorFacts™ Disk Report
Disk Report
StorFacts™ RAID Report
RAID Report
SAN Solutions
SAN Solutions
GST Storage Market Guide
GST Storage Market Guide



Disk Performance - OPS
< 250 < 500 < 1,000 < 1,500
< 2,000 < 3,000 < 4,000 < 5,000
< 7,500 < 10,000 < 12,500 < 15,000
< 17,500 < 20,000 < 25,000 < Not Sure

Other (specify):



Disk Performance
StorFacts™ Disk Report
Disk Report
StorFacts™ RAID Report
RAID Report
SAN Solutions
SAN Solutions
GST Storage Market Guide
GST Storage Market Guide



Backup Device
VTL - D2D / D2D2T Enterprise Library Midrange Library
Autoloader Dual Drive Single Drive
Internal Drive Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Backup Device
Backup Solutions
Backup Solutions
VTL (D2D / D2D2T) Solutions
VTL Solutions
GST Storage Market Guide
GST Storage Market Guide



Tape Technology
AIT DAT LTO Mammoth SAIT
SDLT SLR VXA N/A Not Sure

Other (specify):



Tape Technology
Tape Tech Corner
Tape Tech Corner
Backup Solutions
Backup Solutions
StorFacts™ Tape Report
Tape Report
GST Storage Market Guide
GST Storage Market Guide



Optical Device
DVD-RAM DVD-ROM Not Sure

Other (specify):

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Adapter Qualification

Disk / Fibre Adapters
 

4GB, 2-Port Fibre Channel

 - qty
 

4GB, 1-Port Fibre Channel

 - qty
 

2GB, 2-Port Fibre Channel

 - qty
 

2GB, 1-Port Fibre Channel

 - qty
 

Ultra320, 2-Port SCSI

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Disk / Fibre
StorFacts™ Fibre Channel Report
Fibre Channel Report
StorFacts™ SCSI Report
SCSI Report
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Matrix Report
Adapter Market Guide
Feature Market Guide



iSCSI Adapters
 

iSCSI (Copper)

 - qty
 

iSCSI (Optical)

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




iSCSI
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Feature Matrix Report
Adapter Market Guide
Feature Market Guide



Ethernet Adapters
 

10GB, 1-Port Ethernet (SR)

- qty
 

10GB, 1-Port Ethernet (LR)

 - qty
 

1GB, 2-Port Ethernet (Copper)

 - qty
 

1GB, 1-Port Ethernet (Copper)

 - qty
 

1GB, 2-Port Ethernet (Fibre)

 - qty
 

1GB, 1-Port Ethernet (Fibre)

 - qty
 

Not Sure
 

Not Applicable



Ethernet
StorFacts™ Ethernet Report
Ethernet Report
Ethernet Solutions
Ethernet Solutions
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Feature Matrix Report
Adapter Market Guide
Feature Market Guide



Async Adapters
 

128-Port Async

 - qty
 

16-Port Async RAN

- qty
 

8-Port Async

 - qty
 

2-Port Async EIA-232

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Async
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Feature Matrix Report
Adapter Market Guide
Feature Market Guide



Token Ring Adapters
 

4/16 Token Ring

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Token Ring
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Feature Matrix Report
Adapter Market Guide
Feature Market Guide



ATM Adapters
 

622MBS ATM Fibre

 - qty
 

155MBS ATM Fibre

 - qty
 

155MBS ATM UTP

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




ATM
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Market Guide



WAN Adapters
 

4-Port ARTIC960Hx Multiprotocol

 - qty
 

2-Port Multiprotocol

 - qty
 

Quad Digital Trunk Telephony

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




WAN
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Market Guide



InfiniBand Adapters
 

GX Dual-Port 4x IB HCA

 - qty
 

Dual-Port 4x IB HCA

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




InfiniBand
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Market Guide



Graphics Adapters
 

GXT6500P 3D Graphics

- qty
 

GXT4500P 3D Graphics

- qty
 

GXT135P 2D Graphics

- qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Graphics
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Market Guide



USB Adapters
 

2-Port, 2.0 PCI

- qty
 

2-Port, 1.1 PCI

- qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




USB
StorFacts™ Adapter Report
Adapter Market Guide

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Peripheral Qualification

HMC Console
 

HMC CR3 Console, Rackmount

 - qty
 

Flat Panel Console, Rackmount

- qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




HMC Console
Peripheral Market Guide



Rack Enclosures
 

42U Rack Enclosure

 - qty
 

36U Rack Enclosure

 - qty
 

25U Rack Enclosure

 - qty
 

11U Rack Enclosure

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Rack Enclosures
Peripheral Market Guide



UPS
 

4500 Watts

 - qty
 

4200 Watts

 - qty
 

2700 Watts

 - qty
 

2100 Watts

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




UPS
Peripheral Market Guide



Flat Panel Displays
 

20" Flat Panel Display

 - qty
 

17" Flat Panel Display

 - qty
 

15" Flat Panel Display

 - qty
 

Not Sure

 

Not Applicable




Flat Panel
StorFacts™ Flat Panel Report
Flat Panel Market Guide

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Software Qualification

Processor Utilization - AIX/5L
= 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 = 6
= 7 = 8 = 9 = 10 = 11 = 12
= 13 = 14 = 15 = 16 = N/A = Not Sure

Other (specify):



Escala Servers
Escala Server Guide
Escala Gold Server Guide
Escala Platinum Server Guide



Processor Utilization - Linux
= 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 = 6
= 7 = 8 = 9 = 10 = 11 = 12
= 13 = 14 = 15 = 16 = N/A = Not Sure

Other (specify):



Escala Servers
Escala Server Guide
Escala Gold Server Guide
Escala Platinum Server Guide

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Service Qualification

Service Offerings
Server Design Server Consolidation
Business Continuity Server and Storage Outsourcing
Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Service
Configuration Center
Consolidation Center
Continuity Center
Outsourcing Center

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Maintenance Qualification

Hardware Maintenance > Coverage
24x7x2 24x7x4 9x5x4
9x5xNBD Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Service Plans
Support, Coverage and Plans



Hardware Maintenance > Duration
3yrs 1yr Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Service Plans
Support, Coverage and Plans



Software Maintenance > Coverage
24x7 9x5 Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Service Plans
Support, Coverage and Plans



Software Maintenance > Duration
3yrs 1yr Not Applicable Not Sure

Other (specify):



Service Plans
Support, Coverage and Plans




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