Unified Storage Requirement

This Sources Sought (SS) notice / Request for Information (RFI) is not a Request for Quote. The responses received will be treated as information for planning purposes, meaning no contract will be awarded based on this SS Notice / RFI alone; the responses are not considered offers and will not be accepted to form a binding contract. The Library of Congress seeks unified storage system for its Tier-1 and Tier-2 data that provides both Block and NAS storage. These systems will be hosted in Library's (On-Prem) datacenters and will be used to store and manage Library’s applications data to include:

VMWare Datastores Multiple databases Splunk Data/Indexes Application data hosted on Linux and Windows that require disaster recovery ability Network file shares (NFS, CIFS and Mixed-Protocol) Other salient characteristics, per the attached. Please fill the yes/no columns within the sheet to the maximum extent. Responder may also refer an attachment within the sheet, such as paragraph number of the attachment. Please do not respond with supporting document attachments that have more than 50 pages or in a file format other than PDF or Word.