This calculator assessed the size of physical and virtual IT environments and projected growth rates for the next 12 months.

1. TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS PER HOST
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$110,000
400
$20,500
VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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COSTPERSONNEL
INITIAL HARDWARE COSTS
Socket 1
Socket 2
Socket 4
Socket 8
Annual cost per system admin (fully burdened)
Average number of VMs managed per system admin
$12,960
10%
2,000 1,800
1,000 1,500
3,000 3,300
33% 45%
15 15
67 100
50
CURRENT END OF YEAR
Annual growth rate (percent)
Number of non-virtualized physical machines
Number of virtualized machines (VMs)
Total machines (virtual and physical)
Percent machines virtualized
Average number of VMs per host
Number of hosts used for virtual machines
Avg storage capacity per machine VM (GB)
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Depreciation timeframe (years)
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Cloud Automation Savings Calculator
This calculator describes the size of the physical and virtual IT environment
and projected growth rates. These assumptions are for the next 12 months.
DESCRIBE YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT YOUR SAVINGS SEE HOW
TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS
$1,397,459
TOTAL OpEx SAVINGS
TOTAL CapEx SAVINGS
$211,864
$1,185,595

2. INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY:
OPTIMIZE RESOURCE UTILIZATION:
ACCELERATE VIRTUAL DEPLOYMENTS
50%
80%
10%
10%
33%
10%
Machines provisioned unnecessarily (CapEx)
Machines over provisioned (CapEx)
Average percent over provisioned (CapEx)
Percent of temp. and perm. VMs that are
inactive and could be reclaimed (CapEx & OpEx)
Improvement in admin efficiency (OpEx)
Percent of admin time spent on
"service delivery" (OpEx)
5%
Accelerate Virtual
Server Deployments
$751,704
$113,898
Automatically Reusing
Remporary Resource
TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS PER HOST
$110,000
400
$20,500
VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Select number of sockets PURCHASE PRICE
COSTPERSONNEL
INITIAL HARDWARE COSTS
Socket 1
Socket 2
Socket 4
Socket 8
Annual cost per system admin (fully burdened)
Average number of VMs managed per system admin
$12,960
10%
2,000 1,800
1,000 1,500
3,000 3,300
33% 45%
15 15
67 100
50
CURRENT END OF YEAR
Annual growth rate (percent)
Number of non-virtualized physical machines
Number of virtualized machines (VMs)
Total machines (virtual and physical)
Percent machines virtualized
Average number of VMs per host
Number of hosts used for virtual machines
Avg storage capacity per machine VM (GB)
3
NUMBER
Depreciation timeframe (years)
Re-calculate
Cloud Automation Savings Calculator
This calculator describes the size of the physical and virtual IT environment
and projected growth rates. These assumptions are for the next 12 months.
DESCRIBE YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT YOUR SAVINGS SEE HOW
SAVINGS ASSUMPTIONS
TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS
$1,397,459
TOTAL OpEx SAVINGS
TOTAL CapEx SAVINGS
$211,864
$1,185,595

3. Percent of virtual machines that are provisioned on an
annual basis without appropriate business justification.
The default value of 5% represents and average based on
the customers we have worked with combined with input
from industry analysts.
ACCELERATE VIRTUAL DEPLOYMENTS 5%
Accelerate Virtual
Server Deployments
$751,704
$113,898
Automatically Reusing
Remporary Resource
TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS PER HOST
$110,000
400
$20,500
VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PURCHASE PRICE
COSTPERSONNEL
Socket 1
Socket 2
Socket 4
Socket 8
Annual cost per system admin (fully burdened)
Average number of VMs managed per system admin
$12,960
10%
2,000 1,800
1,000 1,500
3,000 3,300
33% 45%
15 15
67 100
50
CURRENT END OF YEAR
Annual growth rate (percent)
Number of non-virtualized physical machines
Number of virtualized machines (VMs)
Total machines (virtual and physical)
Percent machines virtualized
Average number of VMs per host
Number of hosts used for virtual machines
Avg storage capacity per machine VM (GB)
3
NUMBER
Depreciation timeframe (years)
Assumptions: Initial hardware costs based on averages from Intel,
VMware, and Microsoft virtualization savings calculators.
Select number of socketsINITIAL HARDWARE COSTS
Cloud Automation Savings Calculator
This calculator describes the size of the physical and virtual IT environment
and projected growth rates. These assumptions are for the next 12 months.
DESCRIBE YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT YOUR SAVINGS SEE HOW
INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY:
OPTIMIZE RESOURCE UTILIZATION:
50%
80%
10%
10%
33%
10%
Machines provisioned unnecessarily (CapEx)
Machines over provisioned (CapEx)
Average percent over provisioned (CapEx)
Percent of temp. and perm. VMs that are
inactive and could be reclaimed (CapEx & OpEx)
Improvement in admin efficiency (OpEx)
Percent of admin time spent on
"service delivery" (OpEx)
SAVINGS ASSUMPTIONS
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TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS
$1,397,459
TOTAL OpEx SAVINGS
TOTAL CapEx SAVINGS
$211,864
$1,185,595

4. QUANTITATIVE SAVINGS:
SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENTS:
QUALITATIVE BENEFITS:
SAVINGS
$672,750 3 admins
5% of machines
10% of machines
10% of machines
$692,350
$228,476
$1,327,321
$2,920,897
ASSUMPTIONS
Weeks
Weeks
80% improvement50% time
Over provisioned by 30%
4
2
95%
Improvements in operational efficiency
Reduce machines provisioned unnecessarily
Reduce over provisioning
Reclaim inactive resources
Total savings
Current service delivery times
Anticipated service delivery times
Percent improvements
Increase developer productivity by __%
Reduce Application Development cycles by __% from ____ to ____
Enable new Business opportunity.
Days
Days
Hours
Hours
Minutes
Minutes
TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS PER HOST
$110,000
400
$20,500
VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Select number of sockets PURCHASE PRICE
COSTPERSONNEL
INITIAL HARDWARE COSTS
Socket 1
Socket 2
Socket 4
Socket 8
Annual cost per system admin (fully burdened)
Average number of VMs managed per system admin
$12,960
10%
2,000 1,800
1,000 1,500
3,000 3,300
33% 45%
15 15
67 100
50
CURRENT END OF YEAR
Annual growth rate (percent)
Number of non-virtualized physical machines
Number of virtualized machines (VMs)
Total machines (virtual and physical)
Percent machines virtualized
Average number of VMs per host
Number of hosts used for virtual machines
Avg storage capacity per machine VM (GB)
3
NUMBER
Depreciation timeframe (years)
Cloud Automation Savings Calculator
This calculator describes the size of the physical and virtual IT environment
and projected growth rates. These assumptions are for the next 12 months.
DESCRIBE YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT SAVINGS ASSUMPTION SUMMARY YOUR SAVINGSRe-calculate
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TOTAL ANNUAL SAVINGS
$1,397,459
TOTAL OpEx SAVINGS
TOTAL CapEx SAVINGS
$211,864
$1,185,595