Research the 1 year cost of putting 20 virtual servers (15 web servers and 5 database servers – MS SQL Server Standard) on-premise vs. in a public cloud reserved instance.
You may use Amazon EC2 or Microsoft Azure for pricing
Assume the same class of servers for each (e.g. web servers 8gb ram, 4 CPU) (e.g. database servers 64gb ram, 8 CPU) for on-premise vs. in the cloud
Assume Microsoft Server 2016 for the environment, not Linux
Include cost to purchase virtualization software and 1-year maintenance for the on-premise option
Don’t worry about bandwidth or disk space
No need to worry about power, cooling either
In summary – I’m looking for the 1) 1-year cost of 20 virtual servers on-premise vs. the cloud. Use bullets to summarize the cost items and total.
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Virtual Servers and Public annual cloud costs
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Virtual Servers and Public annual cloud costs
Virtual Servers Cost
The cost of installation of servers and that of public cloud are different and this factor influence the choice made. The virtual server and the public cloud have similar functions that entail the hosting functions. In this comparing and ascertaining the cost of putting and maintaining either the virtual servers or the public cloud is vital.
In this case, there are 20 virtual servers to be installed and they include 15 web servers and 5 database servers that will be used or reserved for one year.
Webserver cost
The cost of a webserver 8 GB ram and 4 CPU is charged on an hourly rate. The hourly rates in this case are at $0.1609/hour.
The web servers needed are 15 and they need to be in service for one year.
One year has 8760hours and thus the cost of total cost is (8760*$.0169/ hour) =$ 148.044.
Therefore, the annual cost of the installation and maintenance of the 15 web server stands at ($148.044*15)=$2,220.66
Database servers cost
The costs of a 64 GB ram, 8 CPU of the data base servers charges are based on the hourly rate. The hourly charges for the Microsoft supported database servers is at $ 1.876 EC2/hour.
The database server’s needs are 5 for a period of one year.
The year has 8760 hours thus each database server cost is at (8760*$1.876/hour) = $16,433.76.
The total cost of the 5 database installation and servicing will stand at ($16,433.76*8760)=$82,168.8
Visualization software cost
The visualization standard charges stand at $495.00/month.
The total annual cost of visualization software will stand at ($495.000*12months) =$5,940.
Total costs of the virtual servers and visualization cost software
The total cost= cost of web serves + database cost+ visualization cost
$2,220.66 + $82,168.8 + $5,940= $90,329.46
The total annual cost of operating the virtual servers stand at $90,329.46
Public cloud
The public cloud computing model as a service provider manages storage and computing resources on behalf of the consumer over the internet. The costs involved in the public cloud are the capital expenses and operating expenses. The expenses mostly lie under the onsite infrastructure and other expenses which include:
6*VxRail E-series appliances including the VMware licenses $142,635
2*10GB Ethernet switches and cables…………………………………….. $21,666
Implementation services………………………………………………………….. $20,037
Prepaid hardware and software support for one year ……………….$42,134
IT Administration time………………………………………………………………..$11,700
Total cost…………………………………………………………………………………….$238,172
Therefore, the annual cost of webservers stands at $90,329.46 while that of public cloud is at $238,172.
