The Bank of England has selected a storage area network (SAN) from EMC to support a storage mandate for a subsequent 5 years, awarding a association a £1 million agreement for a initial sustenance of 70 terabytes-worth of capacity.

A contract endowment notice published on a EU’s electronic tenders registry reveals that one of a Band of England’s primary mandate was a ability to deliver a new storage apparatus gradully, swapping out bequest systems as it grows.

The systems should be expandable adult to 900 terabyes, a proposal reveals, and should criticism for a serve of practical desktop infrastructure in a future. Specifically, it should be means to support 3,500 practical desktops with no dump in performance.