Recommendation:
Estimated Cost / Month |
|
EC2 On Demand |
EC2 1yr All Upfront |
EC2 3yr All Upfront |
|
Core Hourly |
Core Monthly |
Compute |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
Storage |
- |
- |
- |
|
Networking* |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
Total IaaS / mo |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
IaaS / desktop / mo |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
Note: Estimate does not include Windows license costs
Pricing for Root (80GB) & User (50GB)
* Networking includes bandwidth cost estimates
Resources listed below are for Dedicated Host
Category |
AWS Resources |
AWS SKU |
Quantity |
Storage |
Estimated $/Desktop/mo |
Compute |
Dedicated Host |
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Storage |
Storage |
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Networking |
Gateways |
|
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|
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Networking |
Gateway Storage |
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Networking |
Enterprise Connector |
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Networking |
Enterprise Connector Storage |
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Instructions
AWS IaaS Details
Enter details of the desktop pool.
1. Region: Select the region from the dropdown where you want to set up your desktop pool
2. Desktop Configuration: Select the configuration of the desktop from the dropdown
3. Node: Select the node from m5 or m6i from the dropdown which you would want to purchase
4. License Type: Based on the use case, select the license type from the drop down (persistent or non-persistent)
5. VM Disk Size: Select the storage that you would want to attach to the VM
6. VM hrs/mo: Enter the expected number of hours per month for each VM in your pool (typical knowledge worker VMs run 160 hours per month)
7. Number of VMs: Enter the number of VMs expected to be in the desktop pool
Customer IaaS Discounts
Enter the discounts you might have received from your IaaS provider.
1. On Demand Dedicated Host: Enter the discounts that you get for On Demand Dedicated Host
2. 1yr All Upfront: Enter the discounts that you get for 1yr all upfront payment
3. 3yr All Upfront: Enter the discounts that you get for 3yr all upfront payment
4. GP2: Enter the discounts that you get on GP2 storage disks
Estimated Cost / Month
The estimated costs for running the desktop pool are summarized here.
1. It gives a monthly $ estimate of the desktop configuration you have selected if you go with EC2 or Core. It recommends the cheapest option from the option for EC2 or Core.
2. Summary provides a split of compute, storage and networking costs.
3. Overview of all the resources that would be required based on the resources you have selected along with their quantity, size, estimated $/Desktop/mo
4. GPUs are only offered on Core at this moment.