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blog-dshr-org-5283		DSHR's Blog: Economic Model of Long-Term Storage			.html	text/html	2143	394	83	DSHR's Blog: Economic Model of Long-Term Storage As I wrote last month in Patting Myself On The Back, I started working on economic models of long-term storage six years ago. DriveCost: the initial cost per drive, assumed constant in real dollars. SlotCost: the initial non-media cost of a rack (servers, networking, etc) divided by the number of drive slots. SlotCostPerYear: the initial running cost per year (labor, power, etc) divided by the number of drive slots. If you want to use the output of this model, for example for budgeting purposes, you need to determine your own values for the various parameters. The sample graph shows why adding lots of detail to the model isn't really useful, because the effects of the unknowable future DiscountRate and KryderRate parameters are so large. The model assumes that drives are replaced after DriveLife years If this isn't possible, post a comment and I'll see if I can resurrect the model.	./cache/blog-dshr-org-5283.html	./txt/blog-dshr-org-5283.txt