We are a small telecommunication company that has a bid in with a customer who is asking for a breakdown of materials vs. labor cost. What is the best way to show this?
The cost of blades seems higher and the highly proprietary nature of blades seems to make it much less attractive. So is it better to virtualize blades or rack mounted servers? How do they compare in terms of power, HVAC, floorspace, racks and software costs?
I am examining the deployment of a Quality of Service scheme within our enterprise network and need a source to help identify what the costs per host might be.





