Cluster Characteristics
Number of Servers
Server Cost
Physical Server
VMware License
Microsoft License
Network Connectivity
Storage Connectivty
Total
Recurring
Initial (per
(per server
server)
per year)
$17,392.00 $
$11,500.00 $
$ 6,000.00 $
$
$ 800.00
$
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Management Platform
vCenter License
Database Cost
Management Total
$10,000.00
$
-
Storage
Tier 2 Storage Cost
Storage Total
$70,000.00
Grand Total
$
10,000.00
### $
15,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$
70,000.00
$ 70,000.00
$422,136.00
Calculator
Cluster Characteristics
Number of Nodes
Node Redundancy
Effective Capacity
Node Capacity
RAM (GB)
Processors
Processor (GHz)
Storage Capacity
Tier 2 Storage (GB)
8
1
7
Total
Reserves Available Overcommit
128
20%
102.4
10%
4
0%
4
0%
4
20%
3.2
80%
2048
Allocable
112.64
4
5.76
Cluster
788.48
28
40.32
Recovery Cost
Compute Cost
Storage Cost
Fixed Cost
Recovery Total
$
$
$
$
3 Years
139,136.00
70,000.00
213,000.00
422,136.00
788.48
40.32
Capacity
100
2048
Total VMs
500
Fixed Cost Calculation
VMware License
Microsoft License
Network Connectivity
Storage Connectivty
vCenter License
Database Cost
Total Fixed Cost
3 Year Cost
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
System Sample
Small
Medium
Large
RAM (GB)
92,000.00
48,000.00
19,200.00
28,800.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
213,000.00
Annual Cost
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
30,666.67
16,000.00
800.00
1,200.00
3,333.33
5,000.00
57,000.00
2
4
8
3 Year Cost
Annual Cost
$
123.52 $
$
1,035.24 $
Monthly Cost
41.17 $
345.08 $
Hourly Cost
3.43 $
0.004766
28.76 $
0.039940
3 Year Cost
Annual Cost
$
34.18 $
Monthly Cost
11.39 $
Hourly Cost
0.95 $
0.001319
Monthly Cost
Monthly Cost (Per VM)
$
2,555.56 $
5.11
$
1,333.33 $
2.67
$
66.67 $
0.13
$
100.00 $
0.20
$
277.78 $
0.56
$
416.67 $
0.83
$ 4,750.00 $
9.50
Storage (GB)
20
80
120
Monthly
$
$
$
Total
Hourly Total
89.43 $
0.12
207.34 $
0.29
367.21 $
0.51
Instantiation
$
1,000.00
$
1,000.00
$
1,000.00