James Dantonio
By upgrading our current Tier 1 data center to a Tier 3 data center, our company
will realize an annual saving of $24,114,528. After experiencing ten unplanned outages
last year, it will be vital for our company to switch to a Tier 3 system. A Tier 3 system
experiences much fewer outages due to its build in safety nets that a Tier 1 system lacks.
Only three years after the instillation, our firm will save $13,229,056 in three years.
Unlike our current Tier 1 data center which only has a primary cooling and power
source the Tier 3 system we will have an alternative cooling and power sources to ensure
our manufacturing company can run with minimal outages. With the second sources of
power and cooling, the new data system is able to have maintenance performed
frequently, keeping our equipment in great shape. All systems will also now have the
ability to be taken offline while they undergo scheduled maintenance, resulting in no
harm to the IT environment.
Last year due to unreliability of the Tier 1 data system, we experienced ten
outages resulting in the loss of $25,670,304. Installing a Tier 3 data system will reduce
our annual loss to $1,555,776, which is an annual savings of $24,114,528. The initial cost
for the implementation will be $35,000,000 and a year’s time, however, after the second
year we will immediately see the savings of $24,114,528. In the subsequent years we will
experience the same savings resulting in a net gain of $13,229,056 over three years.
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