The Cost of Inaction Calculator
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Storage Service Cost per GB Annually
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Last year for magnetic media?
2024
2050
Number of objects in collection?
1
10,000,000
Collection's audio-video percentage?
Investment to date for media?
$1
$100,000,000
Annual cost per media item moving forward?
$0.01
$20
Digitization cost per item?
$0.01
$10000
Year you will start digitizing items?
2023
2030
Annual digitization budget?
$1
$50,000,000
Storage service?
Amazon Hybrid
Other
Annual decrease in cost of storage?
0%
100%
Annual increase in cost of digitization?
0%
100%
Collection Analysis
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Key Findings
Investment saved per $1 of expense
$0.61
Return
60.45%
Investment Lost
$6,277,500
Content Lost
215,000
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Year
Media
Content Saved
Excess
Items Digitized
Investment Made
Content Lost
Investment Lost
Investment Saved
Digitization Expense
Storage Expense
Digitization + Storage Expense
Investment Saved per $1 of expense
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Year
Digitization
Started
Annual Digitization
Budget Required
Storage Cost
by 2028
Total Spent
by 2028
Investment Lost
by 2028
Spent + Lost
by 2028
Spent + Lost
Difference
Content Lost
% More
Spent + Lost
% More
Content Lost