See How Much You Can Save to Run Virtualized Workloads on Azure
Unlike vSAN, with Lightbits on Azure VMware Solution (AVS) you can scale storage dynamically instead of over provisioning storage or compute for capacity and application performance. Lightbits offers lower, more predictable AVS costs with better performance and unlimited scaling
Storage Type*– Please select one
Ultra Disk
Premium SSD v2
Provisioned Capacity (TiB)*
Maximum Cost Savings: $2,325,571
Maximum Savings: 66%
Lightbits delivers up to 4x higher throughput than vSAN 70U3 for all block sizes.
Total Cost Savings in 5 years - Lower is Better
Save up to 80% more with Lightbits
TCO - Cumulative (15% yoy)
| Year's | 1 year | 2 year | 3 year | 4 year | 5 year | Total Cost Savings | Total Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra Disk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Premiun SSD v2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lightbits | $170,803.200 | $367,226.880 | $593,114.112 | $852,884.429 | $1,151,620.293 | 0 | 0 |
| Avs 36 | $294,537.600 | $633,255.840 | $1,022,781.816 | $1,470,736.688 | $1,985,884.792 | 0 | 0 |
| Avs 64 | $515,721.600 | $1,108,801.440 | $1,790,843.256 | $2,575,191.344 | $3,477,191.646 | $2,325,571.35 | 66% |
| Max IOPS Per Provsioned Capacity | |
|---|---|
| Ultra Disk | 2000000 |
| Premiun SSD v2 | 0 |
| Lightbits | 0 |
Key Assumptions
- Data Reduction: 3:1 data reduction ratio through compression, thin provisioning with auto-scaling, and space-efficient snapshots and clones.
- Availability: Highly available with 3 replicas for data redundancy.
- Azure VMs: Reserved for 3 years in EastUS region.
- Annual Expected Growth: Accounts for a projected annual growth rate of 15%.
- LRS Azure: Leveraging LRS Azure storage for durability and reliability.
- Comparison made against Azure VMware Solution configurations AV36P and AV64 for common use-cases.
- Selection of AV36P and AV64 configurations for balanced compute and storage resources.
- Both configurations feature Dual Intel Xeon processors with varying core counts and clock speeds.
- AV36P emphasizes faster NVMe storage, while AV64 offers larger NVMe storage capacity.
