[Veritas-bu] RES: Backup cost calculator
2009-09-29 14:08:49
Hi Brian,
Is there a similar free
software? J
Atenciosamente,
Rodrigo Passos de Moura
Analista de Suporte
Service IT Solutions
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] Em nome de Brian J Greenberg
Enviada em: terça-feira, 29 de
setembro de 2009 12:41
Para: Stafford, Geoff
Cc:
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Assunto: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup
cost calculator
Hi Geoff,
I think I may have what you need. I started a boutique company
that deals specifically with managing data storage and reporting on it in
unique ways. Our Storage
Forecaster service sounds exactly like what you're looking for.
It specifically does storage consumption modeling of your backup
environment. We can provide the most accurate simulations of how your
backup environment will behave and consume storage resources over any period of
time. Additionally, we can show you how much money you'd have to spend on
tapes, tape storage slots, and disk if you use a VTL or DSU, etc. as well as
strategies to reduce costs. It's the best forecasting tool I've ever used
for being able to accurately budget storage costs in a backup environment,
that's why I wrote it. Here is the link to a case study. Drop me
an email if you'd like to learn more. I'd love to help.
General System Dynamics LLC
On Sep 10, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Stafford, Geoff wrote:
I’m working on a little exercise to determine what it
costs us to backup a TB of data (or whatever other size) and, being a computer
geek and not a finance major, I’m struggling with it a little bit. Given
the amount of pieces to the puzzle from media servers, LAN vs SAN backups,
physical tapes, virtual tapes, offsite storage/transportation, 3yr
amortization/depreciation, etc it’s becoming quite a daunting task. I’m
actually trying to make this a valid number vs the Shot in the Dark™ method
which I’ve usually seen done with these things. Also, I really don’t want
to have to spend money on another reporting tool to tell me how much I’m
spending on backup plus I’m not really trying to turn this into a true
chargeback model….more like budget justification and demonstrating cost savings
for removing ‘legacy’ data.
Any help on the formulas you used or the costs you
figure out would be greatly appreciated.
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