Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Compa

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

Publish Date

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

Costs Items On-Premises

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
VDI Admin Costs $ 8,333
Desktop Management Admin Costs $ 8,333
Cloud Resources $ -
Total Costs $ 106,356
Savings Over On-Premises Option
irtual Desktop

VDI Solution
Amazon
WorkSpaces

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$ 8,333
$ 35,000
$ 43,333
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

Compute Hosts with Windows Server OS 2 socket, 6 core, 2.4 GHz, 64 Gig RAM

Microsoft SQL Server Hosts with SQL Server 1 socket, 4 core, 2 GHz, 16 GB 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

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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
84 20%
6 50%
2 50%

Quantity Redundancy
100 100%

Percent of Compute Costs Total Compute Costs

20% $ 276,331
$ 276,331

Total Compute and Storage

Percent of Compute Costs Costs
 10% $ 568,235.43
$ 568,235.43

Number of Hosts Name Plate Wattage

113 750

Average Power Usage (KW) Annual Datacenter Cost

42 $64,860
Total Power Usage (KW) Rack Units Needed
85 711

Total Cost/Unit
3 $ 7,500.00

1000 $ 35.38
1000 $ 36.00

Number Expense
0.67 $150,000
0.67 $150,000
0.67 $150,000
Quantity with Redundancy Cost/Unit Cost
101 $ 2,264.00 $ 228,211
9 $ 2,264.00 $ 20,376
3 $ 9,248.00 $ 27,744
113 $ 276,331

Quantity with Redundancy Cost/TB Cost

200 $ 1,459.52 $ 291,904.23
$ 291,904

Network Costs/Year
$ 55,266.24 (blank)
$ 55,266.24

Compute and Storage Costs/Year

$ 56,823.54 (blank)
$ 56,823.54

Power Used by Compute Infrastructure

(KW/Month) = Name Plate Wattage * Power Used for Cooling
PCF (KW/Month) Power Cost/Month
30896 77240 $ 10,813.57
$ 10,813.57

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Annual Compute Room Cost

7,448.57 (blank)

Cost/Year
$ 22,500.00

$ 35,380.00 (blank)
$ 36,000.00

Cost/Year
$100,000 (blank)
$100,000
$100,000
Cost/User/Month
$ 19.02
$ 1.70
$ 2.31
$ 23.03

Cost/User/Month
$ 24.33
$ 24.33

Cost/User/Month
$ 4.61
$ 4.61

Cost/User/Month
$ 4.74
$ 4.74

Cost/User/Month
$ 10.81
$ 10.81

Cost /User/Month
$ 5.41

$ 0.62
$ 6.03

Cost/User/Month
$ 1.88

$ 2.95
$ 3.00

Cost/User/Month
$ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 8.33
$ 25.00