Yesterday evening K.Ake have update Project Status as detail below krub;
1. 2 Current production product will terminate next year.
2. Not continue MA for VNX5200 but will as us to provide basic level support and MA (for Non-Critical data, SLA about 1-2 days is acceptable)
3. Will purchase new Hybrid Storage to support workload below;
a. 6TB for Mission Critical Application (ERP and MRP) running on FLASH disk.
b. 16TB for 2nd Tier Application (e.g. Web Server, Lotus Notes (Workflow), HRMS) running on SAS and NL-SAS Disk.
c. Estimate growth for 1 year at 30%, approx. 32TB usable capacity required.
d. Budget for new storage base on IBM StorWize V5050 @2.5M with +-10% gap. (Purchasing staff get direct promotion from IBM for 6TB hybrid @500,000 THB)
e. May need POC on StorWize to prove that support their workload.
4. Have Budget for New Server @1M THB. Old server life time approx. 3-5 Years, but option that should Flash Storage can reduce workload on server, they can convert server budget to storage budget.
5. Management need to cut investment to make Company Financial Profile for FY2016 look good.
6. Not interesting in leasing option, focusing on self-investment to increase they investment portfolio, Financial reason.
7. K.Ake accept meeting next week and will invite Dr.Pichit to join.
8. They will submit budget plan to management for approval by next week and Management will make decision by end of October.
9. Project will start since January 2017.