IT Infrastructure and Data Storage Systems at Lincolnshire County Council - Find a freedom of information request

1. What data storage vendors do you currently use for your primary storage?

2. How large in Terabytes is your primary storage? (>50TB, 50-200TB, 200-500TB, 500-1PB, 1PB(?)

3. How many physical servers do you have?

4. Do you use containerized applications anywhere within your IT infrastructure?

5. Do you use Kubernetes anywhere within your IT infrastructure?

6. Who do you use for your infrastructure and backup storage software?

7. How large is your backup storage in Terabytes?

8. What data do you use your backup storage for?

9. When is your backup storage due for refresh?

10. Do you use the public Cloud (AWS/Microsoft Azure/Google Cloud)?

11. If you use Public Cloud, what applications are you using it for?

12. How large in terabytes is your public cloud estate?

13. Do you use Azure VMware Solution?

14. When is your primary data storage due for a refresh/review?

15. Which VAR (value-added resellers) do you purchase IT infrastructure through? (E.g., CDW/Softcat/MTI/Telefonica Tech, etc.) 16. Which frameworks does your procurement use?

17. Does the Estates department have a budget to purchase devices and IT separate to central IT for CCTV?

18. What is the annual budget for Estates/Facilities?

19. What % of the estates budget is associated with IT systems for the management and running of the building and trust facilities (e.g., CCTV systems)?

1. HPE.

2. 500- 1 PB.

3. 28 physical servers.

4. No.

5. No.

6. CommVault and Rubrick.

7. Approximately 2 PT.

8. Back up from our backup products, all LCC data backed up.

9. New solution has just been procured. 38-month contract.

10. Yes.

11. Azure server provisioning and Mail, OneDrive, SharePoint.

12. 60TB.

13. No.

14. Over the next 18 months to 2 years we will be reviewing the data storage strategy.

15. IT Infrastructure is purchased on behalf of the Council by our outsourced IT Services provider, Serco.  Azure and software services are purchased by the Council via Phoenix.

16. Lincolnshire County Council does not favour or limit the use of any frameworks when procuring a service. Depending on the procurement specification, will determine which framework will be used.

Frameworks used in the last seven years include (but not limited to): RM3808, RM6100, RM6068, RM1599, RM6167, RM1557 (G-Cloud), RM3821, RM6194, RM1045, RM6261, RM3733, RM1045, Y20023, which have been available from the following PBOs: ESPO, CCS, TePAS, KCS and HealthTrust Europe as appropriate.

17. No, the Estates Department do not hold a specific budget for IT/CCTV. All IT costs are part of centralised budgets.

18. Lincolnshire County Council's annual revenue budget for Estates/Facilities Management is £18.470m. This includes all staffing, facilities management, repairs, and utilities costs for all corporately held properties.

19. Lincolnshire County Council hold a centralised IT budget and do not split out the IT systems budget down to specific building and trust facilities.