| Item | Description | Notes |
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| Architectures | | |
| Instance Type | t2.medium on Microsoft Windows Server | - Allows burst mode, ideal for gradual increase usage of RCmap
- Not expecting CmapServer to be computing-intensive. All users will be using local machine to create research concepts.
- Will primarily use CmapServer for indexing, searching, and storage
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| Purchase Option | Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances | - Suitable for "applications that have steady state needs"
- Although Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances offers "pay only for what you use with no long-term commitments," t2.medium instance type is not an offer in this option. The minimum is m1.small.
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| Estimated Cost (instance) | The cost estimate for the t2.medium instance type with 1 node expected initially:
- No up-front payment: $0.062 x 24 hours x 365 days = $543.12 per annum
- Full up-front will be $455.00 per annum, with an effective hourly rate at $0.052, or a 16% savings over the no up-front option above
For compare and contrast purposes, the costs for m3.medium EC2 Reserved Instance are as follows: - No up-front payment: $0.102 x 24 hours x 365 days = $893.52 per annum. This represents 64.5% increase of the t2.medium equivalent
- Full up-front will be $749.00 per annum, with an effective hourly rate at $0.086. This represents 64.6% increase of the t2.medium equivalent
| Pricing query as of 2014-12-29 with parameters: 
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| Estimated Cost (storage) | $0.10 per 1GB per month. Using data from the SHARE Dev AWS instance, estimate storage will be 5GB per month * 12 months = $12.00 per annum | - Elastic Block Storage (EBS) pricing is required for t2 instance types
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| Total Estimate | $550 - $1000 per annum | - Instance cost plus storage
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