On Jun 19, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Brad Knowles wrote: > Mark R. Lindsey wrote: > >> The US DOE reports that electrical prices vary a lot, but if we look >> in the mid-atlantic region of the US, it's $0.1299 / kWh for >> commercial power. [2] > > How would that vary if you compared prices in California? > >> The average salary for a Systems Administrator is $69205 for 2008 >> [3]. >> I don't have a good source, but I'd guess that cost of employment >> overhead is around 50% (including benefits, management, vacation, >> office workspace, etc.); under that assumption, each "average" system >> admin costs $103808 / year to employ. > > My understanding is that the fully loaded cost of regular employees > (of any > type) is at least 3x their salary in low-overhead organizations, and > 5x to > 10x in high overhead organizations. I'm not sure how that works out > with > employees that get most of their income through incentive > compensation or > stock options, but I don't think that a sysadmin would tend to fall > in those > categories with most employers. >
As the owner of several businesses, I promise you this rule of thumb is the work of some delusional man's imagination. I this were true, none of the 5-50 person companies I know personally would be able to perform business at all. > Moreover, cost of personnel also varies highly by region. So, not > only > should you compare power cost but also personnel cost, on a per- > region basis. > >> If you have <91 servers per employee, then your employees are costing >> more than the electricity (if all these assumptions / guesses are >> right). > > That is an interesting metric, however. > > -- > Brad Knowles <[email protected]> > LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
