University Of Montana Tender

Tenders are invited for Um servers, data transfer nodes and perfsonar server University of Montana, Information Technology is soliciting bids for multiple server equipment that is designed for a Zeek IDS system, data transfer nodes, and a perfSonar server. This hardware will be designed to accommodate UM’s Science DMZ (UM-DMZ). This bid is comprised of 1) 3 servers for Zeek Cluster, 2) 1 server for "Medium" DTN, 3) 1 server for "Large" DTN, 4) 1 PerfSonar server. For the Zeek Cluster: Each server (or node) is designed with high memory and high CPU cores to accommodate Zeek’s technical design of utilizing one core per worker. The specifications were built from Zeek documentation and ESnet feedback. Additionally, Myricom network cards were selected due to its Sniffer10G driver and the ability to separate traffic efficiently. For the DTNs: Because of the various file sizes based from the driver projects, UM chose to design multiple DTNs at different sizes at 10GB speeds. This will allow researchers to choose from different DTNs depending on their file sizes. One DTN is designed for medium sized files while the other is designed for large data files. For the PerfSonar: This server was designed to futureproof the UM-DMZ. This server is designed to allow for 10GB and future 40/100GB performance testing for the UM-DMZ. Additionally, the higher clock speed and memory allows for this.