Cost Assumptions
Configure and modify cost assumptions for ROI calculations
Hardware Costs
$1.7M
3-year total
Development Costs
$1.9M
3-year total
Operations Costs
$960K
3-year total
Total Investment
$4.5M
3-year total
Hardware & Infrastructure Costs
HPE/NVIDIA servers, GPUs, storage, and networking equipment
| Category | Year 0 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPE ProLiant Servers | $300K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $300K |
| NVIDIA GPUs (H100) | $400K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $400K |
| Networking Equipment | $50K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $50K |
| Storage (Enterprise SSD/NVMe) | $60K | $60K | $60K | $60K | $240K |
| Maintenance & Support (15%/yr) | $0 | $120K | $120K | $120K | $360K |
| Data Center/Power/Cooling | $80K | $80K | $80K | $80K | $320K |
| Total Hardware | $890K | $260K | $260K | $260K | $1.7M |
Editable Assumptions
Modify values to update ROI calculations in real-time
Operations Parameters
Maintenance Windows per Yearhigh
1,000 windows
Engineers per Windowmedium
2 engineers
Hours per Windowmedium
4 hours
Outages per Yearhigh
10 outages
Minutes per Outagemedium
60 minutes
Cost Parameters
Cost of Downtimemedium
$14,056
Engineer Hourly Ratemedium
$72
Efficiency Parameters
AIOps Downtime Reductionhigh
66%
Labor Efficiency Gainhigh
50%
Financial Parameters
Daily Network Revenuemedium
1,200,000 $/day
Working Capital Ratelow
10%
Hardware Cost Multipliermedium
1 x
Development Cost Multipliermedium
1 x
License Savingslow
$10,000
Assumptions Challenge
Key assumptions that should be validated with stakeholders
Questions to Validate
- •Is the $14,056/minute downtime cost accurate for your environment?
- •Are 1,000 maintenance windows per year realistic?
- •Can you achieve 50% labor efficiency with AI automation?
- •Is the 10% discount rate appropriate for your organization?
- •Are the hardware refresh cycles (3 years) aligned with your IT policy?
Recommendations
- •Validate downtime costs with finance and operations teams
- •Review historical maintenance window data for accuracy
- •Benchmark efficiency gains against industry case studies
- •Confirm discount rate with CFO or finance department
- •Align hardware refresh with IT asset management policies