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Re: Seasonally adjusted simultaneous user pricing
Of course another way of adjusting for this would be to figure out the cost if you could negotiate for a different number of slo's and then renegotiate the per slo accordingly. I thought perhaps you were also going to note that 15 slo's at 2 pm are functionally different than 15 slo's at 8 am. Is that right? e.g., the problem at 2 pm is internet overload and the extra slo's don't do much good. tony Anthony W. Ferguson Associate University Librarian Columbia University Libraries Tel. 212-854-2270 Fax. 212-222-0331 Net: ferguson@Columbia.edu ____________________________________ > Bernie Sloan Writes: > From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu> > Subject: Seasonally adjusted simultaneous user pricing > Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:53:29 -0600 > > > I touched on this briefly in a posting last week, but I thought I'd raise > the question more specifically today. > > When estimating the number of simultaneous users required, you should > consider peak use times, i.e., to make sure that users have sufficient > access at times when demand is highest, and when, in theory, folks need > access to the resource the most. > > The problem is that, if you try to provide for reasonable access during > peak use times on the calendar, you wind up with excess resources that are > paid for, but unused, the rest of the time. For example, an academic > library might need 20 simultaneous users for the four months or so when > students are busiest researching papers, etc., but might only need 5 > simultaneous users for the remainder of the contract year. > > Is anyone aware of any vendors that offer "seasonally adjusted > simultaneous user" pricing? For example, paying for 20 users for the four > months you might need them, and then paying for 5 for the rest of the > year. > > I'd like to know if the vendors out there think this concept has > any validity. > > Bernie Sloan
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