Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Comparison Calcu

Contents
Summary WorkSheet: Summary of Cost Comparision between on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Amazon Work

Assumptions WorkSheet: Cost and details assumptions [Can be updated]

Details Costs Worksheet: Detailed cost overview based on assumptions

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November 13th, 2013

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Summary of Cost Comparision between On-Premises Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure and Amazon WorkSpaces

Number of Users 1000

TCO for 1 Month (Amortized) VDI Solution

Amazon
Costs Items On-Premises
WorkSpaces
Hardware Costs
Server Hardware For Compute Hosts $ 19,018 $ -
Server Hardware For Management Hosts $ 1,698 $ -
Server Hardware For Database Hosts $ 2,312 $ -
Storage Hardware $ 24,325 $ -
Network Hardware $ 4,606 $ -
Hardware Maintenance $ 4,735 $ -
Power and Cooling $ 10,814 $ -
Data Center Space $ 6,026 $ -
Software Costs
Load Balancer/Access Gateways $ 1,875 $ -
Virtual Desktop Software $ 2,948 $ -
Client Access Licenses $ 3,000 $ -
Administration Costs
Hardware Admin Costs $ 8,333 n/a
VDI Admin Costs $ 8,333 n/a
Desktop Management Admin Costs $ 8,333 $ 8,333
Cloud Resources $ - $ 35,000
Total Costs $ 106,356 $ 43,333
Savings Over On-Premises Option 59.26%
Detailed Assumptions (cells in blue can be updated)

Number of Users 1000

Users Per Host 12
Storage Per User (GB) 50
Root Volume Per User (GB) 50
Management Hosts (License server, Netscaler, Citrix
Controllers) 6
SQL Databases 2
Netscalers 3
Scaling Factor for Management hosts, SQL
Databases, Admins 1000

Number of Administrators per Scaling Factor # of users 2

Amazon WorkSpaces Price/Month

Standard WorkSpace $ 35.00

Item Details
2 socket, 6 core, 2.4 GHz, 64
Compute Hosts with Windows Server OS Gig RAM
1 socket, 4 core, 2 GHz, 16 GB
Microsoft SQL Server Hosts with SQL Server RAM
Citrix 1Gbps Netscaler or Equivalent (Example
gateway software) Load Balancer/Access Gateway
Citrix XenDesktop Per User Cost (Example VDI
software) License Cost

Microsoft RDS CAL License Cost

Network Attached Storage (per TB) Storage Cost

Item Redundancy
Compute Hosts 20%
Management Hosts (License server, Netscaler, Citrix
Controllers) 50%
Database Hosts (Microsoft SQL Servers) 50%
Network Attached Storage 100%

Network Hardware Assumptions Details

Percentage of compute costs 20%

Hardware Maintenance Assumptions Details

Percentage of compute costs 10%

Power and Cooling Assumptions Details

Name plate wattage for compute host 750
Power Conversion Factor 0.5
Power Usage Effectiveness 2.5
Price Per KW $ 0.10

Datacenter Construction Assumptions Details

Datacenter Construction Cost per KW $23,000
Datacenter Useful Life (years) 15
Power per Rack Unit 119
Rack Units per Rack 42
Space per Rack 22
Compute Room Construction Cost (per sq ft) $ 300

Administration Assumptions Details

Hardware Admins 33.33%
VDI Admins 33.33%
Desktop Management Admins 33.33%
Cost/Year Source

$ 2,264.00 AWS TCO Calculator

$ 9,248.00 AWS TCO Calculator

$ 7,500.00 Citrix Website

$ 35.38 CDW Online

$ 36.00 CDW Online

$ 1,459.52 AWS TCO Calculator

Source
EC2 TCO Calculator

Source
EC2 TCO Calculator
Summary of Costs

Cost Item
Hardware Costs
Server Hardware For Compute Hosts
Server Hardware For Management Hosts
Server Hardware For Database Hosts
Storage Hardware
Network Hardware
Hardware Maintenance
Power and Cooling
Data Center Space
Software Costs
Load Balancer/Access Gateways
Virtual Desktop Software
Client Access Licenses
Administration Costs
Hardware Admin Costs
VDI Admin Costs
Desktop Management Admin Costs

Detailed Calculations

Server Hardware Costs

Compute Hosts
Management Hosts (License server, Netscaler, Citrix Controllers)
Database Hosts (SQL Servers)
Total

Storage Hardware Costs

Network Attached Storage (TB)
Total

Network Hardware Costs

Network Hardware Costs (Server cost multiplied by 20%)
Total

Hardware Maintenance Costs

Hardware Maintenance
Total

Power and Cooling Cost

Power and Cooling Cost
Total

Datacenter Construction Costs

KW component construction cost (compute hosts only)

Compute room construction costs (compute hosts only)

Total

Software Costs
Citrix Netscaler 1 Gbps Enterprise Edition
Citrix XenDesktop Platinum Edition With Subscription Advantage (Upgrade rights)
[Source CDW] - 1 Year
Microsoft RDS CAL (CDW)

Administration Costs
Full Time Engineers for Managing Hardware Infrastructure
Full Time Engineers for Managing VDI Infrastructure
Full Time Engineers for Managing Desktops
Total
Monthly Cost/User Total Monthly Cost

$ 19.02 $ 19,017.60
$ 1.70 $ 1,698.00
$ 2.31 $ 2,312.00
$ 24.33 $ 24,325.35
$ 4.61 $ 4,605.52
$ 4.74 $ 4,735.30
$ 10.81 $ 10,813.57
$ 6.03 $ 6,025.71

$ 1.88 $ 1,875.00
$ 2.95 $ 2,948.33
$ 3.00 $ 3,000.00

$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33
$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33
$ 8.33 $ 8,333.33

Quantity Redundancy Quantity with Redundancy

84 20% 101
6 50% 9
2 50% 3
113

Quantity Redundancy Quantity with Redundancy

100 100% 200

Percent of Compute Costs Total Compute Costs Network Costs/Year

20% $ 276,331 $ 55,266.24
$ 276,331 $ 55,266.24

Total Compute and Compute and Storage

Percent of Compute Costs Storage Costs Costs/Year
 10% $ 568,235.43 $ 56,823.54
$ 568,235.43 $ 56,823.54

Power Used by Compute

Infrastructure (KW/Month) =
Number of Hosts Name Plate Wattage Name Plate Wattage * PCF
113 750 30896

Average Power Usage (KW) Annual Datacenter Cost

42 $64,860
Total Power Usage (KW) Rack Units Needed Annual Compute Room Cost
85 711 7,448.57

Total Cost/Unit Cost/Year

3 $ 7,500.00 $ 22,500.00

1000 $ 35.38 $ 35,380.00

1000 $ 36.00 $ 36,000.00

Number Expense Cost/Year

0.67 $150,000 $100,000
0.67 $150,000 $100,000
0.67 $150,000 $100,000
Cost/Unit Cost Cost/User/Month
$ 2,264.00 $ 228,211 $ 19.02
$ 2,264.00 $ 20,376 $ 1.70
$ 9,248.00 $ 27,744 $ 2.31
$ 276,331 $ 23.03

Cost/TB Cost Cost/User/Month

$ 1,459.52 $ 291,904.23 $ 24.33
$ 291,904 $ 24.33

Cost/User/Month
(blank) $ 4.61
$ 4.61

Cost/User/Month
 (blank) $ 4.74
$ 4.74

Power Used for Power

Cooling (KW/Month) Cost/Month Cost/User/Month
77240 $ 10,813.57 $ 10.81
$ 10,813.57 $ 10.81

(blank) Cost /User/Month

$ 5.41

(blank) $ 0.62
$ 6.03

Cost/User/Month
$ 1.88

(blank) $ 2.95
$ 3.00

Cost/User/Month
(blank) $ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 25.00