ExpertGCP PCA · Question 21 · Business Requirements
A financial services company is evaluating a migration to Google Cloud. The CFO wants to understand the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and the expected Return on Investment (ROI) compared to their current on-premises data center. Which approach should you take to provide the most accurate financial assessment?
A financial services company is evaluating a migration to Google Cloud. The CFO wants to understand the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and the expected Return on Investment (ROI) compared to their current on-premises data center. Which approach should you take to provide the most accurate financial assessment?
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Compare the cost of a physical server to the on-demand hourly rate of a Compute Engine VM with identical CPU and RAM.
Use the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator to estimate cloud costs, factor in the reduction of on-premises CapEx and operational overhead, and calculate the payback period.
Advise the CFO that cloud is always cheaper and provide a generic industry whitepaper on cloud ROI.
Calculate the cost of migrating all data using Transfer Appliance and divide it by the monthly cloud spend.
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