Solidigm™ SSD Data Center Family TCO and Sustainability Estimator

The Solidigm SSD Data Center Family TCO and Sustainability Estimator can help you discover the potential cost savings and sustainability benefits of deploying Solidigm Solid-State Drives (SSDs) in a data center environment. It can also help you determine the number of new SSDs your environment would require to match the capacity, performance, or TCO of your current drive configuration.

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SSD DATA CENTER FAMILY TCO AND SUSTAINABILITY ESTIMATOR

		SSD DATA CENTER FAMILY TCO AND SUSTAINABILITY ESTIMATOR

TCO Savings

Over 3 Years

Over 5 Years

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Power

Drives

Enclosures

Reliability

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Summary

TCO

Power

Drives

Enclosures

Reliability

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
TCO Savings
Total Drives
IOPS
Sequential Read/Write (MB/s)	/	/	/
Total Usable Capacity

	Baseline	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Initial Investment
Per-Year Cost
Total TCO

	Baseline	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Power Cost
Cooling Cost
Total Energy Cost

	Baseline	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Total Drive Costs

	Baseline	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Cost of Enclosures
Enclosure Energy Draw
Total Enclosure Cost

	Baseline	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Replacement Cost
Labor Costs
Total Costs

Sustainability Impact

Over 3 Years

Over 5 Years

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Reduced Server Footprint	Better	Better	Better
Less Energy Consumed	Less	Less	Less
Fewer Drives at End-of-Life	Fewer	Fewer	Fewer

Workload

Sequential Random

Block Size

4K 8K 16K 64K

128K

Read Percentage

100% Write 100% Read

Baseline

Number of Drives

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Capacity in Gigabytes

Over-Provisioning

20% 0%

RAID

Cost Per Drive

Data Reduction Ratio

Form Factor

3.5 in 2.5 in

Form Factor

Drives Per Enclosure

Storage Interface

Annualized Failure Rate

IOPS Per Drive

Sequential Read Speed
(in MB/s)

Sequential Write Speed
(in MB/s)

Watts at Idle

Watts at Full Load

Calculate Number of New Drives

Automatic Manual

Calculate Based On

Capacity Performance TCO

Option 1

Number of New Drives

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Capacity in Gigabytes

Over-Provisioning

20% 0%

RAID

Cost Per Drive

Data Reduction Ratio

Form Factor

3.5 in 2.5 in

Form Factor

Drives Per Enclosure

Storage Interface

Annualized Failure Rate

IOPS Per Drive

Sequential Read Speed
(in MB/s)

Sequential Write Speed
(in MB/s)

Watts at Idle

Watts at Full Load

Option 2

Number of New Drives

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Capacity in Gigabytes

Over-Provisioning

20% 0%

RAID

Cost Per Drive

Data Reduction Ratio

Form Factor

3.5 in 2.5 in

Form Factor

Drives Per Enclosure

Storage Interface

Annualized Failure Rate

IOPS Per Drive

Sequential Read Speed
(in MB/s)

Sequential Write Speed
(in MB/s)

Watts at Idle

Watts at Full Load

Option 3

Number of New Drives

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Capacity in Gigabytes

Over-Provisioning

20% 0%

RAID

Cost Per Drive

Data Reduction Ratio

Form Factor

3.5 in 2.5 in

Form Factor

Drives Per Enclosure

Storage Interface

Annualized Failure Rate

IOPS Per Drive

Sequential Read Speed
(in MB/s)

Sequential Write Speed
(in MB/s)

Watts at Idle

Watts at Full Load

Additional Settings

Currency

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Refresh Cycle

3 Years 5 Years

Power Cost Per kWh

Disk Array Enclosure Cost

Empty Enclosure Power Draw

Per-Failure IT Labor Cost

Number of Watts to Cool One Watt

Duty Cycle

Next Steps

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ESTIMATOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIVACY

ESTIMATOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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The drives you want to compare against (i.e. the drives you are currently using). Press Show Details to view/modify additional drive characteristics.

The type of drive you are considering for refresh. Press Show Details to view/modify additional drive characteristics.

Add an additional drive you are considering for refresh (to compare against Option 1). Press Show Details to view/modify additional drive characteristics.

Add an additional drive you are considering for refresh (to compare against Options 1 and 2). Press Show Details to view/modify additional drive characteristics.

The manner in which your application(s) read/write data:

Sequential operations access locations on the storage device in a contiguous manner associated with large data transfer sizes (128K block size). When selected, performance can be adjusted for each drive configuration using the Sequential Read Speed and Sequential Write Speed inputs.
Random operations access locations on the storage device in a non-contiguous manner associated with small data transfer sizes (4K, 8K, or 16K block sizes). When selected, performance can be adjusted for each drive configuration using the IOPS Per Drive inputs.

The size of a single I/O operation in KB.

4K = 4096 bytes.
The total IOPS multiplied by the block size results in throughput in bytes per second.

When Workload is set to Sequential, this value is locked at 128K.

The percentage of total workload storage operations that are “reads” (as opposed to “writes”).

The number of baseline drives.

The amount of storage capacity on each drive.

The percentage of physical storage capacity that is allocated to the SSD controller. This impacts drive performance.

The type of RAID configuration being used impacts performance and usable capacity required for the storage environment. It also impacts the minimum number of drives needed.

SSD and Hard Drive prices are calculated based on user input for drive type and capacity. Hard Drive price may not reflect the latest price in the market. Solidigm assumes an Average Selling Price for Hard Drives based on OEM pricing. Solidigm SSD pricing is based on recommended customer price. This value can be modified to reflect a more appropriate drive cost.

The physical size of each drive.

The type of connection for this SSD.

The number of drives that can fit into a single enclosure. This determines how many enclosures are needed, which affects cost.

Interface used by the drive to communicate with the host system. This affects the default cost and performance of the drive.

The estimated probability that a drive will fail during a full year of use.

Input/Output Operations Per Second for a single drive. The total IOPS multiplied by the block size results in throughput in bytes per second. This input is only available when Workload is set to Random.

Read speed for a single drive. This input is only available when Workload is set to Sequential.

Write speed for a single drive. This input is only available when Workload is set to Sequential.

Rate of power consumption when a drive is not in use.

Rate of power consumption when a drive is fully utilized.

The data reduction ratio (DRR) achieved through methods like compression/deduplication. A higher ratio means the data on the drive is more compressible and takes up a smaller part of the drive’s usable capacity.

Affects the Number of New Drives values for Options 1, 2, and 3.

Automatic will automatically calculate the Number of New Drives by matching the capacity, performance, or TCO of the baseline configuration.
Manual will allow you to enter your own Number of New Drives values.

Automatically calculate Number of New Drives for Options 1, 2, and 3 by matching the capacity, performance, or TCO of the baseline configuration.

The number of new drives specified for this refresh option.

If Calculate Number of New Drives is set to Automatic, this value is automatically calculated to match the capacity, performance, or TCO of the baseline configuration.
If Calculate Number of New Drives is set to Manual, you can enter your own Number of New Drives values.

Changes currency throughout the Estimator. Currency exchange rates are updated daily.

The number of years that drives are used before being replaced by new drives.

Amount you pay per kilowatt hour of electricity.

Amount paid for a disk array enclosure. The number of enclosures is calculated based on the number of drives and the Drives Per Enclosure values above.

The amount of power (in watts) consumed by an enclosure at full utilization (not including the power consumed by the drives within the enclosure).

Average IT labor cost for a single drive failure.

Number of watts of electricity required to cool one watt of heat.

The percentage of the total capability of the drive that is being used (example: at 50% duty cycle the drive is being used at half of the max rated performance). Alternately, it could mean the percentage of time per day that the drive is being used at max performance.

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The estimates provided to you under this tool are for information purposes only. Some results have been estimated or simulated using internal Solidigm analysis or architecture simulation or modeling. Tests document performance of components on a particular test, in specific systems.

Features and benefits of Solidigm technologies depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software, or service activation. Differences in hardware, software, or configuration will affect actual performance. Your results may vary.

Solidigm does not control or audit third-party data. You should consult other sources of information to evaluate accuracy and/or performance as you consider your purchase. Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in the configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates. See configuration disclosure for details.

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Overview

This Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Sustainability estimator can help you discover the potential cost-savings and sustainability benefits of deploying Solidigm™ solid-state drives (SSDs) in a data center environment. It can also help you determine the recommended number of new SSDs for your environment to match the capacity, performance, or TCO of your current drive configuration.

The estimates provided to you under this tool are for information purposes only. Features and benefits of Solidigm technologies depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software, or service activation. Any differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect actual performance. Your results may vary.

Using the Estimator

An example of one possible upgrade scenario is shown initially. You can modify the “Baseline” scenario to best reflect your current drive configuration. You can also modify/configure up to three potential upgrade scenarios to determine which will work best for your organization.

Tooltips are available for inputs to provide additional explanation of the input or guidance for the expected values.
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Creating a Report

To create a report that documents the workload, assumptions, and results in PDF or PPT format, click the 'Create Report' option in the top-right corner.

1k = 1,000
1m = 1,000,000
1bn = 1,000,000,000
1tn = 1,000,000,000,000

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Overview

Using the Estimator

Tooltips are available for inputs to provide additional explanation of the input or guidance for the expected values.
tool tips

Creating a Report

To create a report that documents the workload, assumptions, and results in PDF or PPT format, click the 'Create Report' option in the top-right corner.

1k = 1,000
1m = 1,000,000
1bn = 1,000,000,000
1tn = 1,000,000,000,000

Estimator last updated
Exchange rates last updated

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