tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post5518818120005096615..comments2010-03-29T11:59:53.053+01:00ianhfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223784099797393996noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-26438785157946480002010-03-29T11:59:53.047+01:002010-03-29T11:59:53.047+01:00I think two things are needed: one is a simple template for calculating internal TCO (for dunces like me who forget bits), the other is a mechanism for sharing depersonalised data between organisations which is not amenable to Evil Sales Weasels manipulating it. I&#39;m up for the sharing part.Just zis Guy, you know?http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774306676255483622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-39411967623257207312009-09-24T11:31:05.801+01:002009-09-24T11:31:05.801+01:00ok - so my thought process is that there is a model, and that model can then be utilised at the levels I indictaed above.<br /><br />As per the model, yes I will look at the models I&#39;ve had in the past, review against om_nikc&#39;s one and then publish a draft strawman for critique... Downside is for a variety of reasons &quot;i&#39;m rather busy&quot; so this will be a few weeks...<br /><br />However re TCO as a decision factor, I regard that as a yardstick for the real maturity, intelligence and metrics of the company&#39;s mngt - if ignored then short term, if included then mid/long term (good).ianhfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223784099797393996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-84627176223700282652009-09-24T09:08:49.118+01:002009-09-24T09:08:49.118+01:00Paul, I suspect the reason that TCO often is not a real decision factor is due to the fact that it&#39;s not understood! <br /><br />Ian&#39;s model however crude has got to be start in changing this! So completely agree with both of you; publish it Ian and lets start work on it.6p010534b1c8f7970bhttp://profile.typepad.com/6p010534b1c8f7970bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-81152386320769206322009-09-22T18:24:47.817+01:002009-09-22T18:24:47.817+01:00ianhf,<br /><br />Good news: your model won&#39;t need to be very refined to be hugely valuable. Even a rough approximation (within 10 to 20% of eventual actual values) would do, judged by how little TCO actually ends up being a real decision factor in storage purchases.<br /><br />So I agree with Storagezilla (6p00d834519dbf69e2 for his friends): let&#39;s do the first open source Google Spreadsheet on this and invite comments. Then we can take it from there!paulrmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15676224921720990853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-35267641259123638582009-09-21T23:01:25.980+01:002009-09-21T23:01:25.980+01:00Create your framework and release it no matter how unfinished of half baked it is. Then see if it&#39;s iterated by others and yourself.<br /><br />This is a product. Develop and ship it.6p00d834519dbf69e2http://profile.typepad.com/6p00d834519dbf69e2noreply@blogger.com