SNIA Case Study Templates
Load pre-configured scenarios based on SNIA Performance-Based TCO white paper
Global Settings
Configuration 1
Baseline (Software Compression)
16
128
850 W
$
$
$
24
30.72 TB
1.92 TB122.88 TB
25%
90%
40%
1.4x
$
JBOF / JBOD
0
100 TB
35 Gbps
Configuration 2
Alternative (Hardware Accelerated)
16
48
400 W
$
$
$
24
30.72 TB
1.92 TB122.88 TB
25%
90%
40%
1.4x
$
JBOF / JBOD
0
1
75 W
8x
$
100 TB
200 Gbps
Key Performance Metrics
Acceleration Factor
5.7x
Time to completion improvement
Energy Savings
89.2%
Reduction in energy consumption
Core-Hour Reduction
99.2%
CPU resource efficiency gain
TCO/TBe Savings
9.7%
Total cost per effective TB
Bandwidth Scaling Analysis (1 TB/s Target)
Servers Needed - SW Compression (Rack1)
29
0.04 TB/s per server
Servers Needed - HW Accelerated (Rack2)
5
0.20 TB/s per server
TCO for 1TB/s - SW Compression (Rack1)
$7.67M
Total cost at target bandwidth
TCO for 1TB/s - HW Accelerated (Rack2)
$1.19M
84.4% savings vs baseline
Time to Completion (Hours)
CPU Core-Hours
Energy Consumption (kWh)
Effective Capacity (TBe)
Cost Analysis
Total Cost of Ownership
TCO per Effective Terabyte
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Metric | SW Compression (Rack1) | HW Accelerated (Rack2) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | |||
| Time to Completion (hrs) | 6 | 1 | 5.238 (-82.5%) |
| Core Utilization (%) | 100.0% | 12.5% | 87.5 (-87.5%) |
| Cores Used for Compression | 2,048 | 96 | 1,952 (-95.3%) |
| Core-Hours | 13,003 | 107 | 12,896 (-99.2%) |
| Cores Available for Revenue | 0 | 672 | +672 (0.0%) |
| Energy for TTC (kWh) | 120 | 13 | 107.021 (-89.2%) |
| Capacity | |||
| Raw Capacity (TB) | 11,520 | 11,520 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Effective Capacity (TBe) | 9,874 | 9,874 | 0 (0.0%) |
| CapEx | |||
| CapEx Storage | $943,718 | $943,718 | $0 (0.0%) |
| CapEx Rack (servers+JBOF+switch+accel) | $421,616 | $256,496 | $165,120 (-39.2%) |
| CapEx Total | $1,365,334 | $1,200,214 | $165,120 (-12.1%) |
| CapEx / TBe | $138 | $122 | $17 (-12.1%) |
| CapEx / TBe / month | $2 | $2 | $0 (-12.1%) |
| OpEx (over deployment term) | |||
| OpEx Storage Energy | $62,971 | $62,971 | $0 (0.0%) |
| OpEx Rack Energy | $175,492 | $84,668 | $90,824 (-51.8%) |
| OpEx Drive Replacements | $845 | $845 | $0 (0.0%) |
| OpEx Rackspace / Cooling | $12,000 | $12,000 | $0 (0.0%) |
| OpEx License (per core) | $245,760 | $92,160 | $153,600 (-62.5%) |
| OpEx License (per TB) | $2,369,829 | $2,369,829 | $0 (0.0%) |
| OpEx Total | $2,866,896 | $2,622,472 | $244,424 (-8.5%) |
| OpEx / TBe | $290 | $266 | $25 (-8.5%) |
| Total Cost of Ownership | |||
| TCO (CapEx + OpEx) | $4,232,230 | $3,822,687 | $409,544 (-9.7%) |
| TCO / TBe | $429 | $387 | $41 (-9.7%) |
| TCO / TBe / month | $7 | $6 | $1 (-9.7%) |
| Power | |||
| Total Power (W) | 18,904 | 11,704 | 7,200 (-38.1%) |
| Storage Power (W) | 4,992 | 4,992 | 0 (0.0%) |