Indonesia tenders 4PB of storage for national biometric ID infrastructure

Indonesia's Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) has issued a tender for 4 petabytes of storage to replicate population and biometric data. Two 2PB units will go to a secondary co-location data center in Central Jakarta; bids are due December 10 and the contract is estimated at $16.9 million.

• Tender covers two 2PB units, primary and backup, in a Central Jakarta data center
• Bids due December 10; winner has five months to implement
• Contract estimated at $16.9 million under a $250 million World Bank project
• Defective drives must stay Dukcapil property and cannot leave the data center