Question: Constants and Shared Variables WorkSheet Constants 8 7 6 0 hoursInAYear number of hours in 1 year ( 2 4 hrs / day * 3
Constants and Shared Variables WorkSheet
Constants
hoursInAYear number of hours in year hrsday daysyr
monthsInAYear number of months in a year
weeksInAYear number of weeks in a year
daysInAYear number of days in year
wattsInAKilowatt number of watts in one kilowatt
hoursInARealDay
Shared VariablesThese are not constants but are variables which are shared across both scenarios
$ administrativeCostPerHourYear cost of administrative time per hour in year
administrativeRateIncrease administrative pay increase amount
securityFirmMonthlyCharge cost per month for security auditing service outside vendor
dataStorageMonthlyChargeYearsAnd cost per month for storing archival backups years & outside vendor
dataStorageMonthlyChargeYearsThru cost per month for storing archival backups years outside vendor
serverMaintenanceRateIncrease assume increase in server maintenance cost each year of study
$ costkwHYear cost of kwH or power in year
powerRateIncrease assume increase in cost of poweryear of study
hoursInADay number of hours in administrative day
hoursInAWeek number of hours in administrative week
Variables Used In The Current Scenario Spreadsheet
Hard Costs
Value Variable Name Variable Description
numServersGroup GroupA consists of this many servers
numServersGroup Group consists of this many servers
numServersGroup Group consists of this many servers
numServersGroupA Group A consists of this many servers backup servers
numServersGroupB Group B consists of this many servers backup servers
serverPowerGroup power in watts of the servers in group
serverPowerGroup power in watts of the servers in group
serverPowerGroup power in watts of the servers in group
serverPowerGroupA power in watts of the servers in group A
serverPowerGroupB power in watts of the servers in group B
serverLoadGroup average load of the servers in group
serverLoadGroup average load of the servers in group
serverLoadGroup average load of the servers in group
serverLoadGroupA average load of servers in group A
serverLoadGroupB average load of servers in group B
maintenanceCostYearGroup cost of maintenance contract year servers in group
maintenanceCostYearGroup cost of maintenance contract year servers in group
maintenanceCostYearGroup cost of maintenance contract year servers in group
maintenanceCostYearGroupA cost of maintenance contract year servers in group A
maintenanceCostYearGroupB cost of maintenance contract year servers in group B
costUnitsGroup cost units for group
costUnitsGroup cost units for group
costUnitsGroup cost units for group
costUnitsGroupA cost units for group A
costUnitsGroupB cost units for group B
Soft Costs
Value Variable Name Variable Description
weeksAdministrativeTimeGroup weeks of administrative time per server Group
weeksAdministrativeTimeGroup weeks of administrative time per server Group
weeksAdministrativeTimeGroup weeks of administrative time per server Group
weeksAdministrativeTImeGroupA weeks of administrative time per server Group A
weeksAdministrativeTImeGroupB weeks of administrative time per server Group B
hoursPerBackupGroup hours per backup of server in Group
hoursPerBackupGroup hours per backup of server in Group
hoursPerBackupGroup hours per backup of server in Group
hoursPerBackupGroupA hours per backup of server in Group A
hoursPerBackupGroupB hours per backup of server in Group B
numberOfBackupsPerYearGroup number of backups performed on servers in Group in year
numberOfBackupsPerYearGroup number of backups performed on servers in Group in year
numberOfBackupsPerYearGroup number of backups performed on servers in Group in year
numberOfBackupsPerYearGroupA number of backups performed on servers in Group A in year
numberOfBackupsPerYearGroupB number of backups performed on servers in Group B in year
Current Scenario Yearly Costs
Category Cost Year Totals
Year Year Year Year Year
Hard Costs
Power Group
Power Group
Power Group
Power Group A
Power Group B
Total Power CostsYear #NAME?
Server Maintenance Group
Server Maintenance Group
Server Maintenance Group
Server Maintenance Group A
Server Maintenance Group B
Total Server Maintenance CostsYear
Security Auditing Costs
ArchivalStorage Costs
Total Yearly Hard Costs
Total Five Year Hard Costs
Soft Costs
Server Administration Group
Server Administration Group
Server Administration Group
Server Administration Group A
Server Administration Group B
Total Server Administration CostsYear
Server Backup Group
Server Backup Group
Server Backup Group
Server Backup Group A
Server Backup Group B
Total
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