Is the HA Solution Cost Effective?
Perhaps one of the more important calculations that you will do as part of the HA assessment is determining the return on your investment (ROI). In other words, will the HA solution you pick be cost effective and how quickly will it pay for itself? The ROI for an HA solution can be estimated during the assessment process and then finalized during the HA selection process. Coming up with the downtime cost is essential to being able to measure the ROI of an HA solution. So, spend some extra time in researching what cost downtime really has for your company. If this is for a new system, use a similar application's downtime costs adjusted by what you think the new application's financial impact would be. As you ...
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