Foreword:
In this blog we will run though how to use the vCloud Air Network vCloud Availability for vCloud Director Calculator to see how a multi tier DR solution could benefit your business. It has been created to provide indicative revenues and margins based on a multi-tiered Disaster Recovery solution using vCloud Air Network vCloud Availability for vCloud Director as the middle tier option.
Using the calculator
Please access the calculator at the Partner Central link: “vCloud Air Network Services IP”
https://vmware.my.salesforce.com/apex/page?name=set.hybrid
Capital Expenditure Modelling
In the sheet called CapEx modelling you can change any cell highlighted GREY and with Bold Red Text
- Input your number of VM for Premium / Standard and Basic Tiers of Disaster Recovery Service.
- Input the approximate number of virtual CPU (vCPU), virtual RAM (vRAM) and storage for each VM in each Tier
- Input the contention ratio of compute (vCPU) for each tier, usually the lower the service, the higher it is contented with other resources.