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A Principled Technologies test report 42
Comparing performance and cost: Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs.
legacy hardware solution
Legacy costs
Unit
Cost per unit
Quantity
description
Quantity
Total cost
Microsoft Exchange Server
2013 (server licenses)
One server
$708.00
One server with
Exchange
1
$708.00
Setup
Cost per hour
$50.00
Number hours
16
$800.00
Total acquisition costs
$5,055.00
Annual costs
Support
Windows Server 2012
Standard Edition (Software
Assurance)
Each server with up to
two processors
$220.75
Three servers
with one or two
processors each
3
$662.25
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Standard (Software
Assurance)
One server
$224.50
One server with
SQL installed
1
$224.50
Microsoft Exchange 2013
(Software Assurance)
One server
$177.00
One server with
Exchange
1
$177.00
Hardware support
HP extended support
agreements for three
servers and storage array
with one-year terms
$2,483.00
One year
1
$2,483.00
Energy cost for power and
cooling
Legacy configuration
$1,182
One year
1
$1,182.40
Hardware management
Per solution
$50
Estimate at 2
hours a month
per server + 1
hour a month for
storage array per
year
84
$4,200.00
Downtime cost
Per hour for 40 workers
$240
Each server
down for 9 hours
a year
27
$6,480.00
Legacy monthly costs
$15,409.15
Average cost per month
$1,284.10
Figure 17: Cost analysis for the legacy solution.