>Adding storage, CPU time, and many other costs makes understanding and verifying the cost structure a task suitable for certified experts Is that easier on-pr

>Adding storage, CPU time, and many other costs makes understanding and verifying the cost structure a task suitable for certified experts Is that easier on-prem? I was under the impression it was even more difficult--especially with shared tenancy (how much incremental cost does App A auth add to our Active Directory deployment?) You're going to need to know server power utilization under load to calculate power/cooling costs and probably some additional data on network utilization to figure out incremental costs for that Maybe if it's a colo or managed data center that gets rolled up for you, but if you're managing yourself, you still have to figure it out Blog post also doesn't mention cost of downtime (maybe not an issue for them) or a metrics solution (you usually get basic machine and service metrics for free on the big cloud providers)