Archive for November, 2010
Cloud Storage Economics: Part 3
Posted in Cloud, Storage Economics on Nov 15, 2010 1 Comment »
My previous two blog entries have shown how price ≠ cost applies not only to standard SAN and NAS storage architectures, but also to cloud storage architectures. So far, we have reached several conclusions:
Cloud Storage Economics, Part 2: TCO for Cloud Storage
Posted in Best Practices, Cloud, Storage Economics on Nov 11, 2010 No Comments »
My previous entry introduced some of the cost and architecture parameters that I have been investigating relative to cloud storage architectures. I have shown that looking at cost of acquisition only, it is easy to see that DAS is the winner. Both TCO and TCDO measurements counts only the CAPEX costs associated with storage ownership. [...]
Cloud Storage Economics – Part 1
Posted in Cloud, Storage Economics on Nov 9, 2010 2 Comments »
Over the last two years, I have attempted to capture and document several ‘economic observations’ of new cloud architectures being deployed. My interest is in the total costs of these new deployments, and to look for recurring cost patterns that are similar to older/existing storage architectures. This is the first in a three-part series on [...]
