Estimated Cost Of Tape Back-Up

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Backup Systems/Equipment
$1,500	Tape Drive	$1,500	Costs $1-3000, lasts about 3 years.
$500	Backup Software	$500	Include plugins for databases and open file managers.
45	Tapes @ $50	$2,250	Enough for 5 tapes per week rotated 3 times per year for 3 years.
	Total	$4,250
	Monthly Amortization	3.4%	Depreciation over 3 years.
	Maintenance fees	1.5%	18% per year.
	Monthly total	$208
Daily Maintenance
0.5	Hours/day		Include time to check backups, label tapes, swap tapes, training.
5	Backups/week
$35	Hourly rate		Fully burdened cost of the person involved.
	Monthly total	$379
Cost of Service Calls
1.3	Service calls/ year		Average # calls per year for repair, restores, tape jams, software problems.
$1,200	Daily cost of visit		Include transportation time and service vendor fees.
	Monthly total	$130
Offsite Tape Archiving
$300	Rotation service		Tape pickup service, or estimate internal costs.
$-	Internal costs include:		Costs of transportation, employee time, and storage.
	Monthly total	$300
	What does traditional backup cost you today?
Monthly costs for each server:
Backup system/Equipment		$208	Monthly cost of your backup system, tape drive, and tapes over three years.
Daily Maintenance		$379	Monthly cost of swapping tapes, labeling, checking backups, stopping applications.
Service calls		$130	Costs to have an expert come on site for backup problems and/or recovery.
Offsite tape archiving		$300	Costs of a tape courier service or storing tapes offsite yourself.
Total per month		$1,017

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