Synchronization server infrastructure: A relationship between system downtime and deployment cost

The perfect relationship between deployment costs and systems availability is one of the primary goals of companies that wish to provide some computer environment or service through the Internet. The question that everyone wants to know the answer is: How much may I save and still improve the availability of my system avoiding financial losses with an SLA contract breach? This paper attempts to respond to this question by combining some techniques used at dependability evaluation field, such like hierarchical models, sensitive analysis techniques, and analysis costs. The models shown in this paper are artifacts and scenarios for a data synchronization server hosted at a private cloud computing platform based on Eucalyptus. Each scenario presented here was generated to study the impact of redundant techniques in the system availability and deployment cost. By analyzing each architecture separately and comparing them, we can indicate the one that has the best cost-benefit relationship and attends the providers, as well as the client's needs.