D2 3 Computing e-Infrastructure cost calculations and business _models_vam1-final
D2 3 Computing e-Infrastructure cost calculations and business _models_vam1-final
D2 3 Computing e-Infrastructure cost calculations and business _models_vam1-final
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e-‐FISCAL: www.efiscal.eu <br />
EC Contract Number: 283449 <br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 5 <br />
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 17 <br />
1.1 SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 17 <br />
1.2 TARGET AUDIENCES .................................................................................................................................................. 17 <br />
1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT ................................................................................................................................ 18 <br />
1.4 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 19 <br />
2. STATE OF THE ART ........................................................................................................................................... 21 <br />
2.1 COSTING MODELS ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 <br />
2.1.1 COST CATEGORIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 <br />
2.1.2 COSTING METHODOLOGIES ....................................................................................................................................... 21 <br />
2.2 COST PER CORE HOUR STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ 24 <br />
2.3 IN-HOUSE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES AND COMMERCIAL CLOUD SOLUTIONS .............................................. 25 <br />
2.4 BUSINESS MODELS .................................................................................................................................................... 27 <br />
2.5 FEDERATED INFRASTRUCTURES AND BUSINESS MODELS ...................................................................................... 27 <br />
Model 1: Independent Advisor ............................................................................................................................................. 28 <br />
Model 2: Matchmaker ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 <br />
Model 3: One Stop Shop ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 <br />
2.6 COMMERCIAL CLOUDS AND PRICING MODELS ........................................................................................................ 29 <br />
2.7 GREEN IT – ENERGY COSTS .................................................................................................................................... 30 <br />
3. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................. 32 <br />
3.1 STATE OF THE ART REVIEW ....................................................................................................................................... 32 <br />
3.2 E-FISCAL COSTING MODEL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................................................... 33 <br />
3.2.1 COSTING METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 33 <br />
3.3 RESEARCH SETTING ................................................................................................................................................... 36 <br />
3.4 SURVEY INSTRUMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 37 <br />
3.5 SURVEY INSTRUMENT DISSEMINATION AND FOLLOW UP ........................................................................................ 38 <br />
3.6 BENCHMARKING EXERCISE ........................................................................................................................................ 41 <br />
4. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................. 42 <br />
4.1 RESPONDENTS CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................................ 42 <br />
4.2 RESEARCH QUESTION 1: ANALYSE THE COST STRUCTURE OF HPC AND HTC CENTRES .................................... 43 <br />
4.3 RESEARCH QUESTION 2: APPROXIMATE THE TOTAL YEARLY COST OF HPC AND HTC IN EUROPE ..................... 50 <br />
4.4 RESEARCH QUESTION 3: COST OF HPC AND HTC CENTRES COMPARED TO COMMERCIAL CLOUD OFFERINGS51 <br />
4.4.1 NO PERFORMANCE ADJUSTED COMPARISON – AMAZON ......................................................................................... 55 <br />
4.4.2 PERFORMANCE ADJUSTED COMPARISON (BASED ON BENCHMARKING) – AMAZON .............................................. 57 <br />
HTC vs. Cloud benchmarking ............................................................................................................................................... 57 <br />
HPC vs. Cloud benchmarking ............................................................................................................................................... 58 <br />
4.4.3 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................. 61 <br />
4.5 RESEARCH QUESTION 4: BUSINESS MODELS .......................................................................................................... 63 <br />
4.5.1 INTEGRATION OF E-INFRASTRUCTURES WITH COMMERCIAL CLOUD PROVIDERS .................................................. 63 <br />
e-‐FISCAL : Financial Study for Sustainable <strong>Computing</strong> e-‐<strong>Infrastructure</strong>s <br />
Deliverable <strong>D2</strong>.3 – <strong>Computing</strong> e-‐<strong>Infrastructure</strong>s <strong>cost</strong> estimation <strong>and</strong> analysis – Pricing <strong>and</strong> <br />
Business <strong>models</strong> <br />
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