Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 09, Building 11, Newport, RI 02841-5407

70 -- OPTICAL DISK STORAGE SYSTEM SOL N66604-95-R-E211 DUE 062695 POC Contact Elaine Medeiros, Contracting Officer at (401) 841-2442 X282 The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport, RI anticipates a Firm Fixed Price (Supply) contract for the acquisition of a Massive Optical Disk Storage System on a Brand Name Or Equal basis: 0001 Documents Imaging Systems Corporation (DISC), Model Number D1050-2 Optical Jukebox, 1 each. 0002 Installation of the Optical Jukebox at NUWC Detachment, New London, CT. 0003 One-year Warranty, including on-site service (next day response time) for the Optical Jukebox. 0004 1.3 Gbyte Multi- function Re-writable Optical Disk Drive, HP Model Number CORSAIR II, 4 each, installed in the Optical Jukebox prior to shipment. 0005 One-year warranty, including on-site service (next day response time) on the Optical Disk Drives installed in the Jukebox. 0006 Hewlett Packard Model Number HPPB SCSI-2 Host Adapter, 1 each (to connect the optical jukebox to existing Government equipment - Hewlett Packard 9000, Series 700, Model 750 UNIX wokstation). 0007 Tracer Optical Software, 1 each (for existing Government equipment Hewlett Packard 9000, Series 700, Model 750 UNIX Workstation). Distribution media can be 8 millimeter tape, DAT tape, or CD ROM. Optical Software shall be installed and integrated with the Optical Jukebox at NUWC Detachment, New London, CT. 0008 One-year warranty and upgrade service for Tracer Optical Software. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS: --The storage system must have a minimum capacity of 1 Tbytes in its fully-outfitted configuration. --The storage media must be industry standard 5.25-inch removable, re-writable magneto-optical, with a per-cartridge capacity of 1.3 Gbytes. Optical disk space must be automatically recovered when files are deleted. --The storage system must be a fully automatic jukebox, with no direct action required by the user to exchange required platters. --The cartridge exchange time must be no greater than 5 seconds. --Effective data access time must be no greater than 19 milliseconds. --Data transfer Rate, burst mode, must be no smaller than 5.0 Mbytes/sec. Sustained rate must be no smaller than 2.0 Mbytes/sec. --The jukebox must be capable of fully supporting the Government's existing Oracle Relational Database Management System, which includes a maximum data record size of 2 Gbytes. --The jukebox must be logically viewed as a single device (all platters will be viewed collectively by the operating system as a single disk drive). --The jukebox must provide the capability for files to span across optical cartridges. --The Jukebox must support a minimum of 16 read/write drives, configured with a minimum of 4 drives installed with expansion capability for additional drives. - -The jukebox must have built-in redundancy, such that in the event of failure of a single component (power supply, drive, or storage media platter) the storage system will still remain functional. -- The jukebox must operate in the normal office environment: 45-100 degrees F, 10-75% humidity, and 120 VAC power. --The jukebox-to- host computer interface must be SCSI-2. --Minimum acceptable reliability specifications are: 40,000 hours mean-time-before- failure (MTBF), and 1,000,000 mean-swaps-before-failure (MSBF). -- On-site installation of both hardware and driver software must be available. --On-site maintenance of the jukebox and its internal drives must be available via a commercial warranty or maintenance agreement. COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: The storage system must be compatible with a Hewlett Packard 9000, Series 700, Model 750 (TAC3) computer platform running the HPUX 9.0.1 operating system. Long term utilization of the storage system dictates that it also be compatible with at least one other common commercially available UNIX platform. The data format written to optical disk must be cross platform compatible. No reformatting or re-writing of data files should be necessary to swap from the HP platform to the other UNIX platform specified above. FOB Destination at NUWC Detachment, New London, CT. Delivery 60 days after award of contract. Interested parties must request a copy of the solicitation in writing from NUWC Division, Newport, ATTN: E. Medeiros, Code 0914, Bldg. 11, 1176 Howell Street, Newport, RI 02841-1708. (0131)

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