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70 -- NETWORK TAPE BACKUP SYSTEM SOL 52-PAPT-5-00017 DUE 021095 POC Raymond Witmer, Contract Specialist, at (703) 305-8014. Solicitation Number 52-PAPT-5-00017 is for tracking purposes only. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has used it to identify a Sources Sought synopsis for vendors capable of providing a Network Tape Backup System that will provide backup and restore services for a LAN consisting of numerous Unix servers running various vendor Unix systems. This system shall: 1) consist of hardware (i.e. tape carousel, tape stacker, autoloader, or similar technology) that is SCSI attachable for a HP 9000 Model 877S and/or sun Sparc System; 2) back up a minimum of 40 GB in unattended operations; 3) have tape drives with a minmum 200 Kilobytes per second sustained data transfer rate; 4) be able, through software, to allow SunOS 3.x, SunOS 4.x, HP-UX 9.x, SCO ODT 3.x, and Sequent PTX/DYNIX 2.0.x client operating systems to do network backups to the host supporting the tape hardware; 5) back up at least 25 clients; 6) shall give the user the option of reading/writing data to/from the system's tapes in at least dump, tar, or cpio Unix data formats; and include all software needed to perform the above functions. Also sought are comments concerning those characteristics and conditions, for example, comments as the the feasibility and appropriateness of the acquisition. Note especially that this announcement is for ''informational purposes only,'' that no solicitation document identified by the above number exists, and that a requirement for the above material does not exist at this time. Prior to preparing a formal Request for Proposals (RFP), all written responses to this Sources Sought received prior to the response due date of Friday, February 20, 1995 will be considered. Responses should be directed to: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, One Crystal Park Suite 810, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231;facsimile transmissions may be made to (703) 305-8294. (0009)

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