Rodigo,
I'm not aware of any similar software available, free or commercial,
hence, my motivation to develop it. Let me know how I can help.
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Brian J. Greenberg
General System Dynamics LLC
br...@gsysd.com
http://gsysd.com
On Sep 29, 2009, at 1:05 PM, rodrigo.mo...@light.com.br rodrigo.mo...@light.com.br
wrote:
Hi Brian,
Is there a similar free software? J
Atenciosamente,
Rodrigo Passos de Moura
Analista de Suporte
Service IT Solutions
55 21 22114471
55 51 33146000
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De: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] Em nome de Brian J Greenberg
Enviada em: terça-feira, 29 de setembro de 2009 12:41
Para: Stafford, Geoff
Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Assunto: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup cost calculator
Hi Geoff,
I think I may have what you need. I started a boutique company that
deals specifically with managing data storage and reporting on it in
unique ways. Our Storage Forecaster service sounds exactly like
what you're looking for. It specifically does storage consumption
modeling of your backup environment. We can provide the most
accurate simulations of how your backup environment will behave and
consume storage resources over any period of time. Additionally, we
can show you how much money you'd have to spend on tapes, tape
storage slots, and disk if you use a VTL or DSU, etc. as well as
strategies to reduce costs. It's the best forecasting tool I've
ever used for being able to accurately budget storage costs in a
backup environment, that's why I wrote it. Here is the link to a
case study. Drop me an email if you'd like to learn more. I'd love
to help.
--
Brian J. Greenberg
General System Dynamics LLC
br...@gsysd.com
http://gsysd.com
On Sep 10, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Stafford, Geoff wrote:
All-
I’m working on a little exercise to determine what it costs us to
backup a TB of data (or whatever other size) and, being a computer
geek and not a finance major, I’m struggling with it a little bit.
Given the amount of pieces to the puzzle from media servers, LAN vs
SAN backups, physical tapes, virtual tapes, offsite storage/
transportation, 3yr amortization/depreciation, etc it’s becoming
quite a daunting task. I’m actually trying to make this a valid
number vs the Shot in the Dark™ method which I’ve usually seen done
with these things. Also, I really don’t want to have to spend money
on another reporting tool to tell me how much I’m spending on backup
plus I’m not really trying to turn this into a true chargeback
model….more like budget justification and demonstrating cost savings
for removing ‘legacy’ data.
Any help on the formulas you used or the costs you figure out would
be greatly appreciated.
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