Specifications include, but are not limited to: The upgrade must be non-disruptive. • All data access must be operational during the data migration process Transparent tiering to the cloud. • This gives us the ability to automatically and transparently off-load stale data from the WOU datacenter to the cloud The storage system must be able to deliver client access via the NVMe data protocol Replication to our other existing storage • The ability to replicate data must include replication to local and remote storage Storage efficiency • This includes the ability to de-duplicate all storage volumes including production volumes • Ability (but not requirement) to use additional technologies such as compression where desired Performance equivalent to or exceeding the existing storage infrastructure being replaced for all workloads including month end, transient, and other less predictable workloads • The environment includes VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) as well as streaming media, NFS, CIFS, and FC traffic. • Peak loads are ~100K IOPS with a maximum of 10 ms latency during peak periods.