Minutes from TCT Meeting:
Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Members Present:
John Chavez, Kurt Hill, Loretta Mondragon, Carol Myers, Jon Storslee, Casey Durandet

Guest Present:
Corey Weidner

Guest Speakers/Presenters:
Joseph Angeletti and Scott Sears (both from MPC (formerly MicronPC) - for Storage Area Network (SAN) demo)

Issues/Items Discussed:

1) SAN Demo with Joseph Angeletti and Scott Sears:

This meeting was devoted to the SAN demo.

Please visit the MPC Corp. website at http://www.mpccorp.com for more information.

Joseph spent the time discussing the DataFRAME 420 SAN.

Specifications follow:

2GB (4X512MB) ECC DDR SDRAM
4TB RAID Edition SATA 150 8MB (16x250GB)
Dual Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI/EBSD (10/100/1000)
3U Rack Mount Chassis with Dual Xeon Processors
SV 1st-3rd Yr Tech Support. Parts. NBD On-Site
Introducing a SAN solution with advanced management features—allowing businesses to do big things on a small budget.
• Dual Intel® Xeon™ processors
• Up to 4GB cache
• 16 hot-swap SATA drives
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet ISCSI/EBSD
• Optional 2 GB Fibre Channel/Network Interface
• Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
• Easy-to-Use Management Software
• Scalability Pack
• Configurable Snapshot Pack
• Remote Data Protection Pack
Now, small businesses and workgroups can manage critical data in a way that hasn't been affordable.
That's because the MPC DataFRAME 420 storage product is based on IP SAN (IP-based Storage Area Network) engineering. This, the new iSCSI technology, allows block-level data to be transported over IP networks—and ushers in a way to consolidate back-end storage and to simplify data management. In addition, the DataFRAME 420 allows you to "pay as you grow" because the system can "tell" a server it's got enough storage, even though the storage product lacks ample physical disk space.
While the DataFRAME 420 base model allows you to store and manage data in a cost-effective, reliable way, adding our optional management software packages means unmatched scalability and flexibility, such as oversubscription and snapshot capabilities for seamless upgrades or data protection against catastrophic events.
If your business will benefit from high capacity, performance, scalability, and manageability at a price that's surprisingly affordable—the DataFRAME 420 is the perfect choice.

Information about MPC:

> Who We Are
> MPC Computers provides award-winning computer products and services to the small and medium business, government and education markets. MPC strives to provide its customers with a superior level of personalized service and support. MPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of HyperSpace Communications, Inc. (AMEX: HCO). MPC is headquartered in Nampa, Idaho.
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> What We Do
> At MPC, we deliver high-quality PCs with hardware, software, and services, and superior customer service and support—ultimately offering a complete computing solution to our valued customers. In addition to our direct sales, our products are sold in partnerships with leading resellers nationwide. For more information, go to our company profile.

Carol et al from IRTS have submitted a Technolgy Budget Request for this particular SAN. This request is on the bottom of Page 3 of the 2006/2007 Technology Requests Spreadsheet that was given to you (courtesy of Cathy) at today's meeting. It's listed as APB ID Number 449. (If you were not at the meeting, you will receive your spreadsheet within the next day or two.)

2) Next Meetings:

Cathy provided us with a spreadsheet summarizing the technology capital requests for 2006/2007. Please review this spreadsheet for our next meeting.

The Technology Capital Request Recommendations are due to the Planning and Budget Review Committee by Friday, March 10, 2006. Therefore, as discussed at today's meeting, we will meet every Wednesday through March 8 in order to get through the review process. Please enter the following dates for our meetings:

Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 12:45P-1:45P, Room G-126
Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 12:45P-1:45P, Room G-126
Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 12:45P-1:45P, Room G-126
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 12:45P-1:45P, Room G-126
Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 12:45P-1:45P, Room G-126

See you all next Wednesday!

This "Meeting Report" is my interpretation of what occurred during this meeting. If you would like to correct an error(s), make an addition(s), or have any questions, please call me @ 7-6651 or e-mail me.

Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Recorder: Casey Durandet

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