A novel revenue optimization model to address the operation and maintenance cost of a data center

Journal of Cloud Computing

Advances, Systems and Applications

Table 2 Simulation output for IRS

Year	New server	Power and cooling	Elasticity (α)	Elasticity (β)	Max. revenue
1996	62	5	1.8000	0.1000	1977.88
1997	65	5	1.8000	0.1000	2153.48
1998	62	10	1.8000	0.1000	2119.84
1999	60	10	1.8000	0.1000	1998.35
2000	65	10	1.8000	0.1000	2308.04
2001	55	15	1.8000	0.1000	1779.35
2002	45	15	1.8000	0.1000	1239.91
2003	47	15	1.8000	0.1000	1340.86
2004	50	20	1.8000	0.1000	1542.58
2005	52	20	1.8000	0.1000	1655.42
2006	55	20	1.8000	0.1000	1831.28
2007	56	30	1.8000	0.1000	1969.92
2008	57	30	1.8000	0.1000	2033.69
2009	58	30	1.8000	0.1000	2098.37
2010	59	40	1.8000	0.1000	2227.09
2011	60	40	1.8000	0.1000	2295.50
2012	60	40	1.8000	0.1000	2295.50