ROI Calculator: Backup & Disaster Recovery
Analyze backups costs in your environment, compare different options, and discover howyou can reduce your backup costs by up to 60%.
Using this offsite backup calculator to analyze backup costs based on your IT environment will allow you to compare the cost of different options to find the approach that makes the most financial sense for your business.
There are a few different approaches your business can take when choosing your offsite server backup solution: hybrid-cloud backup, disk-to-tape (D2T), and disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T).
Hybrid-cloud backup safely sends and stores data to a local backup and a cloud backup while archiving files for disaster recovery. It requires less space and hardware while offering an affordable solution.
Disk-to-tape backup requires manual transfer of data onto tapes which then need to be transported to a data storage center. This option requires more shelf space and tape hardware which can be pricey as data grows.
Disk-to-disk-to-tape is the most expensive of all three options because it requires the transfer of data to a separate disk to be stored in-house as well as a tape to be stored offsite. This option requires the most IT staff time, shelf space, and hardware.
Case Study: 20 servers, 2TB of data, 30% annual growth, 0.2% daily change
Hybrid-Cloud
Backup
Annual Cost:$12,381
| 3-in-1 Backup, Disaster Recovery, Archiving |
$11,804 |
| IT Staff Time | $577 |
unlimited number of
servers/endpoints APIs and support (SQL,
Exchange, VMWare, Files) 500GB of secure online
storage 24x7 US-based support
D2T
Disk-to-Tape
Annual Cost:$63,224
| Backup Software | $30,983 |
| Data Center Space | $3,600 |
| Tape Hardware, Support & Media |
$14,250 |
| Tape Offsiting | $5,226 |
| IT Staff Time | $9,255 |
D2D2T
Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape
Annual Cost:$75,175
| Backup Software | $30,983 |
| Data Center Space | $9,600 |
| Tape Hardware, Support & Media |
$14,250 |
| Tape Offsiting | $5,226 |
| Disk Hardware | $3,771 |
| 2nd Disk Array | $4,148 |
| IT Staff Time | $11,058 |