Hi, Couldn't agree more..but i just asked if there was such a tool :)
Bruno Richard Elling wrote: > On Dec 9, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Bruno Sousa wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Despite the fact that i agree in general with your comments, in reality >> it all comes to money.. >> So in this case, if i could prove that ZFS was able to find X amount of >> duplicated data, and since that X amount of data has a price of Y per >> GB, IT could be seen as business enabler instead of a cost centre. >> But indeed, you're right , in my case a possible technical solution is >> trying to answer for a managerial solution..however, isn't it way IT was >> invented, that i believe that's why i got my paycheck each month :) > > OK, I think I've pulled your leg just a bit :-) Here is the problem, > if you > charge per-byte, then when you dedup the cost per-byte increases. > Why? Because you have both fixed and variable costs and dedup > will reduce your variable (per-byte) cost. > > cost = fixed cost($) + [per byte cost ($/byte) * bytes] > > The best way to solve this is through managerial accounting (aka > change the rules :-) which happens quite often in business. See also > Captain Kirk's response to the Kobayashi Maru > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru > > Finally, as my managerial accounting professor says, "don't lose > money" :-) > -- richard > > >
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