NAS cost planning
Price the complete storage boundary, not only the array.
Use comparable quotes in one currency, record which requirements are already covered, and keep protection, power, and network spending visible beside the primary storage cost.
Lifecycle budget
Keep the storage, protection, power, and network budgets separate.
Carry the capacity specification into four acquisition buckets, enter quotes in one currency, and add an optional energy boundary across the same planning horizon.
The values below are editable planning baselines. Change the few inputs you know; open Advanced assumptions only when they change your decision.
Budget boundary
Keep every quote attached to the job it must perform.
A new primary array needs both enclosure and per-drive quotes; every other zero-price purchase stays unresolved. Mark a bucket as already available only when the requirement is covered without new spending.
| Budget bucket | Carried specification | Entered total | Share | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary array | — | — | — | — |
| Independent backup | — | — | — | — |
| UPS / shutdown | Power continuity and controlled shutdown | — | — | — |
| Networking | Required ports, link speed, cables, and switching | — | — | — |
Next decision
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Budget brief
Carry the specification and quote boundary together.
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Next decision
Plan tools
Keep this useful version close, shareable, and easy to revisit.
Recent saved plans 0
User-owned quotes
The shareable plan preserves entered totals and specification targets; the operating-envelope handoff also carries its whole-day average-power result.
Explicit zero spend
Mark a requirement as already available when it is covered; a purchase left at zero remains visibly unresolved.
Candidate verification
Use the finished brief to compare like-for-like quotes against capacity, backup, shutdown, and network requirements.