Research Data Hosting and Storage Software Solution

Concepts

• storage management
• edinburgh
• heriot-watt university
• watt university
• research data hosting
• software package
• 135tb of research data
• 135tb of key dynamic research data
• storage software solution
• storage solution

Location

Description

Heriot-Watt University currently stores 135TB of research data in a cloud hosted and storage solution provided by Dropbox Business.

Total Quantity or Scope

Heriot-Watt University currently stores over 135TB of key dynamic research data within a cloud hosted and storage software solution provided by Dropbox Business.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 48782000 - Storage management software package

Legal Justification

Heriot-Watt University proposes to enter a contract with Dropbox Inc. in accordance with Paragraph 33 Part 4(b) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Specifically, the contract pertains to purchasing additional supplies of an existing research data storage solution with relevant support and maintenance element which is cloud hosted. Any change to such a supply arrangement would oblige Heriot-Watt University to encounter a solution with different technical characteristics resulting in a high level of disproportionate technical difficulty being encountered in implementing and the subsequent operation of the system due to the challenges of transferring a large volume of critically important research data. Any file transfer process would require to be specifically designed and would require to incorporate several iterative actions and subsequent planned downtime with disruption to key research programmes. Additionally, the capacity to migrate large volumes of data would require the involvement of a third party adding to the disproportionate complexity of the process whilst increasing the risk data corruption to critical research projects.

Other Information

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