figure out how much value the OCF provides to Berkeley

[nikhiljha]

Sample methodology:

1. Figure out prices for bandwidth, storage, compute at AWS.
2. Figure out how much bandwidth & storage the OCF provides to users.
3. Multiply.

Sample methodology 2:

1. Figure out prices at a shared webhost (OCF webhosting analog).
2. Figure out prices for Google AppEngine (AppHosting analog if you squint really hard).
3. Multiply.
4. Use methodology 1 to compute resources for individual users, and add.

Why?

• writing grants
• bigger impact "why do we matter"
• use other information learned in this process to get company sponsorships

Bonus: Display this number in the new account control panel (#55). Maybe a "you're saving $n" if n is > some number.

[nikhiljha]

To be clear, neither of these ideas are particularly good. I really just want a number that you could squint at and say "hmm that's around the right ballpark."

[ja5087]

check out the old stf grant proposals for some of this

[dkess]

One way we've done this in the past is to consider all the WordPress sites we host and compare it to the cost of each of those users picking the standard alternative, which is Pantheon's hosting (which the University recommends since they've negotiated a discount).

[RonitNath]

@Diplosaurus given the figures you gave at senate yesterday (10/21) is this done? Or do we still want to do a more formal/robust calculation? I forget if these/similar figures were presented though?

[Diplosaurus]

The figures in the ASUC slides yesterday were made last semester I believe, and I wasn't the one who made them. I think @BernardZhao may have more info. From my understanding though, it's a pretty rough calculation, but I think it's pretty useful as an estimate.