Data storage system upgrades to cost $74,000
Wellington County council has approved spending $74,000 to upgrade the county’s data storage system.
On March 31 the county approved a finance committee recommendation to award a contract for the expansion to the existing IT storage array to CDW, which provided the lowest of three quotes for project at $73,984. The highest quote, at nearly $82,000, came from Eleven Consulting.
“The intent of this expansion is to add the necessary capacity to meet the growing needs of the County of Wellington for the next three years,” noted clerk Donna Bryce in a staff report.
“An expansion is required at both the existing primary site, and the backup site for disaster recovery purposes. Our current primary storage environment totals 19.55 TB (terabytes) with storage requirements growing at a rate of 30% per year.”
Service showcase
Librarian Lindsay Trimble is working with a number of county departments to showcase their services to interested library patrons.
Solid Waste Services are providing two workshops in April at the Drayton and Erin branches. The workshops will focus on benefits of composting and will be held as part of Earth Day activities.
The library is once again hosting “Ask the Archivist” sessions offered by Karen Wagner from the county’s museum and archives. Wagner will provide programs at the Fergus, Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston branches. This initiative is part of Archives Awareness Week. Many of the libraries also offer Carnegie Café programs that are geared to adults and offer a variety of content that can include guest speakers like Wagner or knitting and crochet basics as was offered in Marden in February.
Rural Romp
Wellington County’s Spring Rural Romp will take place in Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North on May 28.
Planned changes, as suggested in the Wellington Food Tourism Strategy, including pairing caterers and chefs with Romp locations to provide a “taste” at each location.
“This will add to the overall visitor experience as well as offer a platform for promotion for businesses who are new to participating in the Romp (caterers, restaurants and cooking schools),” notes economic development officer Jana Burns in a staff report.
