期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (IJCSEA)
印刷版ISSN：2231-0088
电子版ISSN：2230-9616
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：2/3/4
出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：Servers and other IT devices inside datacenters have hardware component and other software or virtualcomponent. Some programs are required to create and secure everything related to the virtual environmenton IT devices. These programs can be free or require a pre-paid license to be accessed .Most of theproposed datacenter total cost of ownership (TCO) models focus only on calculating the costs of thehardware component of IT devices and they ignore the costs of the other virtual component.In this paper,we present a cost model for building a datacenter and provide through it an analysis way to calculate theIT software license cost. Our model helps in solving a real problem in faculty of computers and informationwhich plans to establish a datacenter. Our model can help the faculty administrators to know how muchmoney they need to buy the IT devices and how much IT software license cost. We also calculate the cost ofthe power distribution equipment(PDU) and the uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems which arerequired for operating the IT devices. The cost of the cooling systems that take the heat away once thepower is consumed from IT devices, PDU devices and UPS systems is also calculated in our model
关键词：Datacenters; TCO model; TCO parameters; IT software license cost; network; server
