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This doesn't seem useful if you are pricing out anything less than a full (or multiple) racks of servers. For 2 servers with moderate specs (8 cores total, 16g
by gaadd33 12y ago
This doesn't seem useful if you are pricing out anything less than a full (or multiple) racks of servers.
For 2 servers with moderate specs (8 cores total, 16gb each) it claims the 3 year cost will be $120K. Most of that seems to be due to the assumption that 2U requires a full rack costing $30K up front plus $2.5K/mo in datacenter costs.
- ceejayoz 12y agoYeah. It really should just error out with a "sorry, the TCO calculator is only intended for 1+ full racks" or something along those lines.
- peterwwillis 12y agoI do believe that's the market they're going after. Most people don't calculate TCO unless they're an enterprise looking at buying/managing their own gear, which would include racks.
- pbnjay 12y agoCame here to say the same. I also love that they assume 15%/year maintenance even for the first year of colocation!
- jauer 12y agoYeah. This is going to be a great sales tool for when little shops ask why they should buy a 1/4 cabinet from me instead of going to AWS.
- opendais 12y agoIt is just a marketing tool. They conveniently leave out the 'real' competition which is 50%+ utilization on dedicated server providers. Consistent performance, significantly cheaper.