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3 <br /> 2. Timeline for RS6000 upgrade <br /> As proposed in the May report and strongly supported by the UNC <br /> group, funding for upgrading the current RS6000 to allow the <br /> migration of all existing mainframe applications to a Client- <br /> Server environment is available in the current 1995-96 DP budget. <br /> This will move the County to a new UNIX based Client-Server <br /> environment which will greatly enhance our connectivity to the PC <br /> LANs, the GIS system, the E911 system and outside agencies. <br /> The final payment to IBM for the current lease/purchase will be <br /> August 1995. IBM has priced two upgrades for the existing 530H as <br /> outlined below: <br /> 1. Upgrade Model 530H to a Model 580H <br /> Double memory size to 64 Meg. <br /> Add second 2GB disk <br /> Cost for this upgrade $30,836 <br /> This doubles the internal speed of the processor, doubles <br /> the memory size and doubles the disk size. <br /> 2 . Upgrade Model 530H to a Model 590H <br /> Quadruple memory size to 128 Meg <br /> Add second 2GB disk <br /> Cost for this upgrade $45,876 <br /> This quadruples the internal speed of the processor and the <br /> memory size and doubles the disk size. <br /> The bid process should reduce this cost and if we look at used <br /> equipment we may be looking at a fifty percent discount. <br /> Either option above is possible within the existing DP budget, <br /> possibly as a direct purchase or as a multiyear lease/purchase. <br /> If we release the bid specifications for the RS6000 upgrade by <br /> September 1st we should be able to have the new upgraded RS6000 <br /> installed by November 1995. We estimate approximately three <br /> months for the conversion from the McDonnell Douglas to the new <br /> system. We should be up and running totally on the RS6000 by <br /> March 1996. <br />