TCO comparison
The following example compares the real costs of a tape-based solution with those of a backup solution from green.ch.
The situation
2 terabytes of data need to be stored for 50 days. The data is located on the server infrastructure at the customer's site.
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Backup solution
with Backup Enterprise Service from green.ch
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Backup solution
with tape drive at customer site
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| Costs |
monthly fee |
one time fee |
monthly fee |
one time fee |
| Hardware investment |
|
|
|
23,000.00 |
| Installation and startup costs |
|
3,900.00 |
|
5,000.00 |
| Hardware and software maintenance costs |
included |
|
290.00 |
|
| Energy costs (incl. air conditioning) |
included |
|
250.00 |
|
| Cost for relocation of tapes |
not applicable |
|
1,000.00 |
|
| Tapes (initial + two spares/month) |
not applicable |
|
150.00 |
4,500.00 |
| Operation (changing tapes, restores, verification) |
not applicable |
|
3,000.00 |
|
| Backup Enterprise Service costs |
1,240.00 |
|
not applicable |
|
| Dedicated connection from customer to green.ch datacenter |
1,800.00 |
5,000.00 |
not applicable |
|
Total CHF
|
3,040.00 |
8,900.00 |
4,690.00 |
32,500.00 |
Other benefits of the Backup Enterprise Service
The Backup Enterprise Service is much more convenient than a tape storage solution – for instance, tapes do not have to be inserted and needed data can be accessed within no time.
