CapEx computing costs

Server costs
When purchasing servers, make sure to design fault tolerance and redundancy, such as

1. server clustering,
2. redundant power supplies, and
3. uninterruptible power supplies.

Storage costs
Network costs
Backup and archive costs
Organization continuity and disaster recovery costs
Datacenter infrastructure costs
Technical personnel

OpEx cloud computing costs

Leasing software and customized features
Scaling charges based on usage/demand instead of fixed hardware or capacity.

Cloud computing can bill in various ways, such as the number of users or CPU usage
time. However, billing categories can also include allocated RAM, I/O operations per
second (IOPS), and storage space. Plan for backup traffic and disaster recovery traffic
to determine the bandwidth needed.

Billing at the user or organization level.

OpEx is particularly appealing if the demand fluctuates or is unknown. Cloud agility is the
ability to rapidly change an IT infrastructure to adapt to the evolving needs of the business.

Cloud deployment models

Public cloud
Private cloud

Private cloud is a type of cloud computing that

delivers similar advantages to public cloud, including
scalability and self-service, but through a proprietary
architecture.

Unlike public clouds, which deliver services to

multiple organizations, a private cloud is dedicated to
the needs and goals of a single organization.

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