John,
You got me thinking with this one, so I calculated it for our company.
Cost per online GB = $58
Cost per total GB (includes tapes in vault and export tapes) = $21
Those numbers are derived from capital and media cost of our current
system + one year hardware maintenance. It does not include our test
system, equipment that has been retired, or media that has been retired.
Equipment: 2-way 6H1, 3583-L72, 3575-L18, 3575-L12, HP 4/40, Compaq MSL
5026
Data: 7.2 TB online, 19.5 TB total.
Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram LLC
"Talafous, John G." <Talafous AT TIMKEN DOT COM>
Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
05/21/2003 10:06 AM
Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
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Subject: Backup cost per GB?
Perhaps this has been a discussion on the list before and I am searching
the
archive. (Been searching for two days now!). Have there been any studies
by
industry experts on the cost of data backup per GB? Are there any
guidelines
to follow to be sure a proposed solution is within industry standards?
I am trying to upgrade our TSM environment with more horsepower,
throughput
and storage capability. I need to arm myself with this type of information
for managements review.
TIA,
John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company Global Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA 44706-0927 Fax : (330)-471-4034
talafous AT timken DOT com http://www.timken.com
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