Germany – Computer equipment and supplies – Compute Nodes Sciebo

The subject of this tender is the compute hardware for the Sync and Share System sciebo.nrw. The cabinets for the installation of the systems are already available and equipped with LHX40 cooling units. The external dimensions of the cabinets are 1.20 m depth. The maximum installation length is 1 m - 1.10 m. The purpose of the systems is to operate the software of sciebo. These are two Kubernetes clusters for Nextcloud, MariaDB, Keydb, etc. The hardware will be installed at two locations, each with one cabinet. Both locations are in Münster.

Network In addition to the compute nodes, network hardware is required. The details will be specified in the performance specification. This network hardware will not be used directly with the delivered servers. The network transceivers are used to connect a storage system to 400 Gbit Ethernet switches of type HPE CX9300 (R9A29A). This tender includes a purchase of - As many compute nodes as possible - Network components (for a maximum of 1,500,000 EUR gross)