Henry school board OK’s data center upgrade

The Henry County Board of Education voted March 14 to approve a $3,278,732 upgrade to the virtualized server environment in the district’s data center.

Officials said the improvements will result in increased capacity and added efficiency, while some equipment was installed five or six years ago and is due to be updated.

Also approved was the renewal of the district’s lease agreement with Ricoh Systems at a cost of $1,117,995.84. That total is slightly less than the previous year, according to officials, and some equipment that has been in use for three years or more will be replaced with new equipment under the terms of the agreement.