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 />
services) in 2011? <br />
Did you use (buy) disk storage services from external providers in 2011? 2 0 <br />
Did you use (buy) tape storage services from external providers in 2011? 0 0 <br />
Table 24: Using <strong>and</strong> buying cloud computing services in 2011 <br />
However the prospects for the future are in favour of a more intensive, compared to 2011, cloud computing <br />
services usage (Table 25). Nevertheless, most respondents are more prone to use (free of charge) cloud <br />
computing services compared to those expressing their intention to buy such services. <br />
Please answer the following questions in relation to the use of cloud computing in the future: <br />
Answer Options Use Buy <br />
Do you intend to use (buy) <strong>Infrastructure</strong> as a Service in the future? 8 5 <br />
Do you intend to use (buy) Platform as a Service in the future? 6 0 <br />
Do you intend to use (buy) Software as a Service in the future? 11 3 <br />
Do you intend to use (buy) disk storage services from external providers in the <br />
future? <br />
Do you intend to use (buy) tape storage services from external providers in the <br />
future? <br />
Table 25: Using <strong>and</strong> buying cloud computing services from 2012 onwards <br />
9 1 <br />
3 0 <br />
Moreover, one respondent raised some concerns regarding cloud computing that refer to three dimensions: a) <br />
the <strong>cost</strong> of using cloud services to transfer <strong>and</strong> store large amounts of data (e.g. hundreds of TB), b) security issues <br />
related to the safeguarding of data confidentiality (i.e. confidential data stored to third party storage devices), <strong>and</strong> <br />
c) CPU capacity (that is translated into additional <strong>cost</strong>s) necessary to encrypt <strong>and</strong> regularly decrypt the data stored <br />
in third party premises. <br />
Finally as it is apparent in the following table the idea of imposing usage fees is not out of the question for several <br />
respondents that have included such provision in both the short <strong>and</strong> long term planning. <br />
Please answer the following sustainability related questions: <br />
Answer Options Yes No <br />
Do you have a short-‐term (e.g. 1–3 years) capacity <strong>and</strong> <strong>business</strong> plan for your computing <br />
infrastructure? <br />
Do you have a long-‐term (e.g. 3–5 years) capacity <strong>and</strong> <strong>business</strong> plan for your computing <br />
infrastructure? <br />
21 2 <br />
13 9 <br />
Is there a provision of any kind of usage fees in the short-‐term plan? 10 13 <br />
Is there a provision of any kind of usage fees in the long-‐term plan? 9 14 <br />
Table 26: Sustainability related information <br />
Information about the <strong>cost</strong> break down of e-‐FISCAL HPC centres – Base Case split <br />
The following graphs present the <strong>cost</strong> break down under the <strong>cost</strong>ing Option 2. <br />
The total depreciation refers to the computing depreciation <strong>and</strong> actually corresponds to yearly CAPEX. <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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