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At the moment TCO calcuator cosinders the low-cost storage systems based on disk servers. It takes into account costs and parameters resulting from the server platform used, HDD and SSD drives applied as well as software defined storage software specifics (mainly Ceph).

The version attached to this web page is a result of the discussion among NRENs that started during the TF-Storage meeting in Vienna. Teleconference notes are (or will be) included in the child pages.

HOW TO USE THE TCO CALCULATOR.

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The remaining tabs include the computations of the system capacity, performance, CAPEX and OPEX cost etc.

Temporarily network related costs are not considered. This will be improved in the next versions.

The major change in the current version is distributing the calculator into several tables. Based on this organisation, partners will be able to work independently on particular aspects of the calculator, e.g. IOPS modelling or power consumption calculations.

PLANS and ROADMAP

Hardware aspects and parameters are simulated based on the catalogue values mainly. The parameters and assumptions made need to be verified by real life experience and measurements.

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