XLent TCO

Drastically lower your ownership costs.
Example: typical corporate / enterprise setup.

All-format corporate / enterprise setup
2 sites, 2x 1Gbps connectivity
WMV, FLV, H.264, 3GPP live & VOD streaming
Progressive download



8 Delivery servers, 2 management servers
Rackspace: 36 RU (3/4 rack)
Power consumption: 24 Amp
Switch ports: 26x 1000Mbps

Average server efficiency: less than 20%

Hardware costs: € 42000
Delivery software costs: € 7500
Management costs: € 72000 per year
Housing costs: € 24000 per year

Total cost of ownership 3 years: € 337.500
(± $500,000)

XL Media Server powered setup
2 sites, 2x 1Gbps connectivity
WMV, FLV, H.264, 3GPP live & VOD streaming
Progressive download



2 Delivery servers, 2 management servers
Rackspace: 12 RU (1/4 rack)
Power consumption: 8 Amp
Switch ports: 6x 1000Mbps

Average server efficiency: >67%

Hardware costs: € 14000
Delivery software costs: € 22000
Management costs: € 24000 per year
Housing costs: € 6000 per year

Total cost of ownership 3 years: € 126.000
(± $190,000)



Hardware reference: Based on competitive Industrial grade 3U server with quad core CPU, 4GB RAM, 4x450GB SAS
Software reference: Windows OS, Wowza licenses (left), Windows OS, Wowza and XL licenses (right)
Management reference: Based on competitive Gold SLA (24*7*4) rates, 500 euros per server per month
Housing reference: Based on competitive hosting industry housing rates

Management server software, traffic, network equipment, customer support and marketing / sales costs not calculated (are equal in both scenarios)