The Library of Congress, Contracts and Logistics, 1701 Brightseat Road, Landover, MD 20785

70 -- STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOL RFI97-4 DUE 091597 POC Kaye Klinker, Contracting Officer, (202) 707-8608 WEB: The Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov. E-MAIL: The Library of Congress, mday@loc.gov. The Library of Congress is requesting information describing currently available, or soon to be available, high capacity, high performance storage management software which includes backup/recovery, archive/retrieve, and hierarchical storage management functions and is configurable for use with multiple IBM RS/6000 AIX based servers. Software must be compatible with RS/6000 SP environment and AIX 4.2 or higher. Information is requested for those software products that scale in capacity from one terabyte of data storage up to multiple pedabytes of data storage. The information provided should detail fully the software's supported server host specifications and requirements; supported clients and their specifications and requirements; minimum and maximum data storage capacities and all applicable scaling paths; network connection capabilities; data migration and caching mechanism features; built in continuous operation high availabilty features; storage pool specifications; supported storage and robotic library devices utilizing SCSI and/or fiber host connection; administrative tools and utilities -- including scheduling functions, reporting tools for evaluating effectiveness of implementation, for monitoring day to day operations, for monitoring storage allocation and utilization, disaster recovery support, and forecasting; and all related costs. The information provided should also include an estimated cost or copy of a published price list of the proposed system. If applicable, GSA Schedule contract should be provided. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION and is considered to be Market Research. The intent of this sources sought synopsis is to determine if any sources exist, therefore, no RFP is available. Consequently, any responses failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFP will be ignored. Written responses must be received by September 15, 1997. Responses shall be submitted to the Library of Congress, Contracts & Logistics Services, Attention: Kaye Klinker, 1701 Brightseat Road, Landover, MD 20785 (0216)

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