Dell R810 User Manual
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Servers: Database consolidation on Dell PowerEdge R810 servers
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Acquisition costs include the purchase price of the server and
storage hardware for the Dell PowerEdge R810 solution as well as
the labor costs to plan and carry out the migration.
Operating costs include hardware support costs, software licenses
and support agreements, facility costs for space and data center
ports, energy costs, and management costs. We assume operating
costs are the same for each of the 3 years. We do not calculate net
present value, internal rate of return, or use other discounted cash
flow methods that factor the time value of money into the
evaluation.
Figure 12 shows the 3-year costs for the two configurations.
Specifically, it shows that acquisition costs of the Dell PowerEdge
R810 server are offset by its savings in operating costs.
$0
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
$350,000
$400,000
24 HP ProLiant DL385
solutions
Dell PowerEdge R810
solution
$94,801
$372,672
$65,124
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3-year costs: 24 HP ProLiant DL385 solutions vs.
1 Dell PowerEdge R810 solution
Acquisition costs
3-year operating costs
Three-year
savings =
$212,747
Figure 12: Estimated 3-year costs for the 24 HP ProLiant DL385 solutions and a
single Dell PowerEdge R810 solution. Lower costs are better.