LTO Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

How to use the TCO calculator

Follow the process to find out the total cost of the ownership of tape. Click the ? if you need clarification.

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Beginning capacity (petabytes):

Average yearly data growth (%): ?

$ Per kilowatt-hour energy cost: ?

Currency:

LTO Drive / media generation:

Retention time (years): ?

Type of data retention: ?

Data scheme: ?

Media unit price to customer ($): ?

Floorspace cost ($ per sq ft year):

Include software control for tape: ?

Premises HDD unit capacity (TB): ?

Premises HDD cost per unit ($):

Include software system: ?

Assumed HDD refresh cycle (years): ?

Cloud storage compare: ?

Cloud recall SLA: ?

Monthly % data retrieval: ?

Include Telco charges: ?

Percentage contract discount level: ?