Something like this.... Average 65 watts for 1 computer (while idle) 8760 hours in a year - 2000 (hours you are at work) = 6760 (hours you are not at work per year) 65 watts * 6760 hours / 1000 = 439.4 kilowatt-hours 439.4 * $.119 (RATE) = $52.29 (cost per year of one computer being on while you are not there)
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 3:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: WOL cost savings On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:45, Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone put something together to show management in regards to the > possible ROI of using WOL? I'm more interested in getting some solid > numbers on the savings per PC per month. I'm not really sure where to > go in order to get these kinds of numbers. I've seen some general > stuff out there that range between $25-$75/year per PC. But not how that was calculated. One obvious metric is to calculate energy costs for the PCs - how much electricity they consume when turned on 24x7 vs when turned on 8x5. That alone should be fairly significant. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
