Automating Corrective Action Savings Calculator Select or TAB through each field to update the calculations. Move your mouse over the "?" for reference details on each field. The links at the bottom of this page offer references on downtime cost. Down-Time Cost (per Server Hour)     Annual Unplanned Down-Time (Hours)     Number of Unplanned Incidents     Number of Technicians     Number of Servers     Annual Down-Time Losses     Savings by Automating Remote Access     Solution Investment         There are many ways to spin the hourly cost of server down-time. And, an equal number of reasons or things that can cause a server to fail. The bottom line is it depends on the type of business, the function of servers that fail and the number of employees that rely on servers in their daily task. Not to mention that a failure of one server can affect many other servers. Global Serv calculations focus on the number of incidents. It's in the initial event of server failure that our automated remote console access solutions address the MPI (minutes per incident) to save our customers hundreds of thousands every year. The best and most accurate numbers are going to be those values calculated internally. However, if your organization doesn't have a particular number for different types of servers, the following list of reference links can be used to review the cost of server downtime in different scenario's, types of servers and events. Some links will also help you make your own calculations based on information that can be retreived from SEC annual report filings or internal data available from the office of the CFO. NOTE: This list is not maintained and location changes may render some links dead. Two alternatives are to call for a copy of a pdf we might have saved or use this link cost of server downtime to search Google (as we did) to find the latest information and reports. All links open in a new window. APC - Calculating downtime cost based on power failures (great list by business type) The Problem with Power IBM (pdf) Calculating down time as a percentage of up-time. Search Enterprise Ten things to consider when calculating the cost of downtime Panda Security - ROI Calculator (Nice!) Cost of server downtime caused by junk email. A list of white papers on calculating the cost of server downtime and justifying the cost of funding a disasster recovery plan. ZD Net (UK) search Iron Mountain (pdf) Cost of Downtime North American Systems International North American Systems International InternetNews.com Cost Of eBay's 22-Hour Outage Put At $2 Million

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