v0.3 jtodd@digium.

com 2009-02-13
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Caution: Prices are current from Amazon's site, and MAY CHANGE

Amazon EC2 Pricing

Cost per Hour
Small $ 0.10
Medium $ 0.40
Large $ 0.80

EC2 Data in/out pricing

Inbound $ 0.10 cost per GB

Outbound $ 0.17 cost per GB at <10TB

$ 0.13 cost per GB at <40TB
$ 0.11 cost per GB at <100TB
$ 0.10 cost per GB at >150TB

S3 storage costs
$ 0.15 cost per GB <50TB

Assumptions

G.711 82000 bits per second per direction

Seats 20 users
Calls 5 calls each seat per day
Duration 300 seconds per call
Days 30 days per month

Network Calculated Figures (note: network bandwidth is not base-16)

Byte 8 bits
Kilobyte 8000 bits
Megabyte 8000000 bits
Gigabyte 8000000000 bits

Usage Costs

Bits per call

Inbound 24600000 bits per call inbound
Outbound 24600000 bits per call outbound
Bits per user per day
123000000 bits per user per day inbound
123000000 bits per user per day outbound

Bits per office per day

2460000000 bits per office per day inbound
2460000000 bits per office per day outbound

Bits per office per month

7.38E+10 bits per month per office inbound
7.38E+10 bits per month per office outbound

Gigabytes per office per month

9.225 Gigabytes per month per office inbound
9.225 Gigabytes per month per office outbound

Cost per office per month

$ 0.92 price for inbound traffic
$ 1.20 price for outbound traffic

Total EC2 bitstream $ 2.12 price for monthly bandwidth

Hourly cost
Hours per day 24
Hours per month 720

Costs for operation

small $ 72.00 per month
medium $ 288.00 per month
large $ 576.00 per month

Storage costs
gigabytes required 6 (static value of assumption of storage)
cost $ 0.90 per month

EC2 costs, Grand Total:

small $ 75.02 per month
medium $ 291.02 per month
large $ 579.02 per month
Costs for in-house server
Electricity Costs
$ 0.11 per kWh (DOE US avg. 2008)
250 watts per server (estimated - probably higher due to cooling needs)

0.25 kWh per hour

720 hours per month of continuous operation

$ 19.80 per month in electricity costs

Equipment costs
$1,000 cost for a 1u server
60 month lease (flat - no interest assumed)
$ 16.67 per month

$ 36.47 total cost for on-site electric and equipment lease

$ 38.56 Difference between EC2 cost and on-site system cost