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Abstract:

Because the Operations Storage Server was procured and installed very late in Phase D and featured unreliable, non-integrated hardware that could not reliably provide the dataflow performance required for critical MER mission operations, it posed a mission risk and had to be replaced just prior to EDL. Procure an integrated, expandable suite of server hardware that fully meets mission data throughput and reliability requirements, install the system at least nine months prior to its first planned operational use, and avoid subsequent major MOS/GDS IT infrastructure changes.