Cost Savings Calculator: Convert Cloud Servers to Reserved Instances

Calculate Cost Savings by Converting Cloud Servers to Reserved Instances

Question

An organization plans to keep three of its cloud servers online for another nine months and a fourth server online for a year.

The current pricing is $200 per month per server.

The cloud provider announced the sale price of $1,500 per year per reserved instance.

Which of the following represents the cost savings by converting all four of the cloud servers to reserved instances?

Answers

Explanations

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A. B. C. D.

B.

To calculate the cost savings of converting all four cloud servers to reserved instances, we need to compare the current pricing of $200 per month per server to the sale price of $1,500 per year per reserved instance.

First, let's calculate the cost of keeping all four servers online for the specified periods:

  • Three servers for nine months: 3 x $200 x 9 = $5,400
  • One server for a year: 1 x $200 x 12 = $2,400

Total cost for all four servers: $5,400 + $2,400 = $7,800

Now, let's calculate the cost of converting all four servers to reserved instances:

  • Four reserved instances for one year: 4 x $1,500 = $6,000

The cost savings can be calculated by subtracting the cost of reserved instances from the cost of keeping the servers online:

$7,800 - $6,000 = $1,800

Therefore, the correct answer is B. $1,800, which represents the cost savings by converting all four cloud servers to reserved instances.