Answers: <p>In reply to 'Would Amazon EC2 / Google / Azure be cheaper than having dedicated servers?'</p>
  
  <p>I've done a lot of investigating into this and in every case they are NOT. </p>
  
  <p>80 Linux servers running 24h/365 - annual cost:
          Total cost per year
  Google  £37,515.46
  AWS     £29,196.53</p>
  
  <p>These costs do NOT include data transfer.</p>
  
  <p>You can buy a dedicated cloud appliance for less than £50k, fully supported, that will run more servers and last you 3 years (min).  </p>
  
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Answers: 2017-06-15T10:51:29.780Z
Answers: 2017-06-15T10:51:29.780Z
Answers: Biggles
Body: <p>What are the things that should I investigate for making an estimate of the cost of deploying 1000 instances of Drupal, for example?</p>
  
  <p>I was thinking in:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Database space</li>
  <li>Database usage (in ops/second? how can I test it?)</li>
  <li>Application uploads space</li>
  <li>Application processing time (again, how to measure?)</li>
  <li>Bandwidth usage (for medium/low traffic sites)</li>
  <li>DevOps / Technical Support time</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>This is all about bringing a SaaS platform. Is there anything else I should take in consideration?</p>
  
  <p>How can I know how many "instances" would be able to run in a single host? Much like a Shared Hosting</p>
  
  <p>Would Amazon EC2 / Google / Azure be cheaper than having dedicated servers?</p>
  
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Comments: 2017-04-27T00:49:31.433Z
Comments: Would you like us to write a business plan too or should we just plan a VC round?
Comments: chicks
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Comments: 2017-04-27T01:54:03.597Z
Comments: @chicks No I just want to know what variables should I have in mind to build my own business plan
Comments: JorgeeFG
Tags: <containers><cloud><drupal><capacity-planning>
Title: How can I calculate costs of deploying 1000 instances of Drupal?
UserDisplayName: JorgeeFG
ThreadText: # How can I calculate costs of deploying 1000 instances of Drupal?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-25)
  
  What are the things that should I investigate for making an estimate of the cost of deploying 1000 instances of Drupal, for example?
  
  I was thinking in:
  
  * Database space
  * Database usage (in ops/second? how can I test it?)
  * Application uploads space
  * Application processing time (again, how to measure?)
  * Bandwidth usage (for medium/low traffic sites)
  * DevOps / Technical Support time
  
  This is all about bringing a SaaS platform. Is there anything else I should take in consideration?
  
  How can I know how many "instances" would be able to run in a single host? Much like a Shared Hosting
  
  Would Amazon EC2 / Google / Azure be cheaper than having dedicated servers?
  
  **Tags:** containers, cloud, drupal, capacity-planning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Would you like us to write a business plan too or should we just plan a VC round?  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 No I just want to know what variables should I have in mind to build my own business plan  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-06-15. Score: 3
  
  In reply to 'Would Amazon EC2 / Google / Azure be cheaper than having dedicated servers?'
  
  I've done a lot of investigating into this and in every case they are NOT.
  
  80 Linux servers running 24h/365 - annual cost:
  Total cost per year
  Google £37,515.46
  AWS £29,196.53
  
  These costs do NOT include data transfer.
  
  You can buy a dedicated cloud appliance for less than £50k, fully supported, that will run more servers and last you 3 years (min).
  
  
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