CCEE FINANCE COMMITTEE 2009-2010

EQUIPMENT REQUEST FORM


  1. Requestor:  Victor M. Ponce

  2. Lab to benefit:  Visualab, PS231B

  3. Equipment:  HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server - 2 Quad--Core AMD Opteron Processor (2.6GHz), 16GB memory, 2000GB disk.

  4. Cost (include taxes and shipping):  $9,736. + $852. = $10,588.

  5. Rationale:

    To replace HP xw6000 workstation (in PS231B) which was reconditioned as a temporary media server in May of 2009.

    This HP xw6000 workstation was purchased in 2004 (6 years old).

    This server has been used for the past year (2009-2010) to support development of online videos featured in

    http://all.sdsu.edu

    To this date, the Visualab has developed and posted 25 online videos.

    This temporary server needs to be replaced with a modern media server such as the HP ProLiant DL585 G5.

  6. Suggested vendor and current quote (attach quote):  Hewlett Packard, State Contract (reduced price), online quote attached.

  7. List of courses to benefit:

    CIVE401 - Civil Engineering and Society

    CIVE444 - Applied Hydraulics

    CIVE445 - Applied Hydrology

    CIVE530 - Open-channel Hydraulics

    CIVE632 - Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology

    CIVE633 - Environmental Hydrology

    CIVE634 - Surface-water Hydrology