{ "schema_version": "0.1", "record_scope": "operational", "case_id": "opt:platform-audit-storage:2026-08", "case_type": "provider_switch", "trigger": "procurement", "review_period": "2026-08", "created_at": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z", "resource_ids": [ "resource:platform:audit-storage" ], "baseline": { "option_id": "scaleway-standard-multi-az", "label": "Scaleway Standard Multi-AZ object storage (nl-ams), provisional primary from due diligence", "one_time_eur": 0, "recurring_infrastructure_eur_month": 7.35, "recurring_internal_labor_eur_month": 60, "recurring_external_labor_eur_month": 0, "utilization": { "stored_gb": { "provisioned": { "value": 457.968, "unit": "GB" }, "used": { "value": 457.968, "unit": "GB" } } }, "uncertainty": { "level": "medium", "notes": [ "Month-12 base-scenario figures from tools/cost_model.py, not a booked invoice", "Elastic capacity: provisioned equals used by construction, so the ratio does not signal waste", "Published list price; no account quote or committed discount" ] }, "service_constraints": { "retention_days": { "value": 30, "unit": "days" }, "target_rpo_minutes": { "value": 5, "unit": "minutes" } }, "failure_domains": [ "provider:scaleway", "region:nl-ams" ], "exit_path": "Delete objects and buckets, revoke the scoped access key, close the project, and confirm removal; modelled exit cost EUR 243.83.", "unknowns": [] }, "alternatives": [ { "option_id": "hetzner-object-storage", "label": "Hetzner Object Storage (nbg1), monthly base price including 1 TB storage and egress", "one_time_eur": 0, "recurring_infrastructure_eur_month": 6.49, "recurring_internal_labor_eur_month": 90.0, "recurring_external_labor_eur_month": 0, "utilization": { "stored_gb": { "provisioned": { "value": 1000, "unit": "GB" }, "used": { "value": 457.968, "unit": "GB" } } }, "uncertainty": { "level": "medium", "notes": [ "Priced only within the included 1 TB quota; excess storage and egress rates are not published in the recorded source", "The base scenario stays inside the quota, so the high scenario cannot be evaluated from this option" ] }, "service_constraints": { "retention_days": { "value": 30, "unit": "days" }, "target_rpo_minutes": { "value": 5, "unit": "minutes" } }, "failure_domains": [ "provider:hetzner", "region:nbg1" ], "exit_path": "Delete objects and buckets, revoke the S3 credential, cancel the subscription; modelled exit cost EUR 240.00.", "unknowns": [] }, { "option_id": "host-europe-cloud-storage", "label": "Host Europe Cloud Storage, same provider as the reef-railiance compute host", "one_time_eur": null, "recurring_infrastructure_eur_month": null, "recurring_internal_labor_eur_month": 120, "recurring_external_labor_eur_month": 0, "utilization": { "stored_gb": { "provisioned": { "value": null, "unit": "GB" }, "used": { "value": 457.968, "unit": "GB" } } }, "uncertainty": { "level": "high", "notes": [ "Only a historical published price and service specification exists; current orderability for this account is unconfirmed", "Co-located with railiance01, so a provider-level failure would remove the primary host and the backup copy together" ] }, "service_constraints": { "retention_days": { "value": 30, "unit": "days" }, "target_rpo_minutes": { "value": 5, "unit": "minutes" } }, "failure_domains": [ "provider:host-europe" ], "exit_path": null, "unknowns": [ "current S3 orderability for this account (owner: human account authority via Host Europe support)", "storage_eur_per_gb_month, monthly_minimum_eur, egress_eur_per_gb, operations_eur_per_month, support_eur_per_month", "cancellation terms and minimum contract period", "correlated-failure acceptance for same-provider placement (owner: human financial and risk authority)" ] } ], "decision": { "state": "blocked_on_evidence", "recommended_option_id": null, "rationale": "This case exercises the optimization process against real cost-model output; it is not the procurement decision, which RESOURCE-WP-0002-T03 owns and human financial authority approves. Hetzner computes fully and is EUR 29.14 per month more expensive than the Scaleway baseline at month-12 base demand, driven by operator labour rather than storage price. Host Europe cannot be compared at all: its price, cancellation terms, and current orderability are unknown, and it shares a failure domain with the compute host it is meant to protect. No provider is recommended until Host Europe returns written account evidence.", "approver": null, "approved_on": null, "delegated_to": [] }, "financial_handoff": { "cost_attribution_key": "platform:audit-storage", "sent": false, "reference": null }, "outcome": { "feeds_forecast": [ "data/forecasts/platform-audit-storage-scaleway-base-2026-08.json" ], "actual_refs": [] }, "evidence": [ { "kind": "forecast", "ref": "tools/cost_model.py base scenario month 12 over data/demand/platform-audit-storage.json", "authority": "resource-control", "observed_at": "2026-08-14" }, { "kind": "document", "ref": "docs/evidence/RESOURCE-WP-0002-provider-due-diligence-2026-08-10.md", "authority": "resource-control", "observed_at": "2026-08-10" }, { "kind": "document", "ref": "docs/evidence/RESOURCE-WP-0002-expanded-storage-comparison-2026-08-10.md", "authority": "resource-control", "observed_at": "2026-08-10" }, { "kind": "workplan", "ref": "RESOURCE-WP-0002-T03", "authority": "resource-control", "observed_at": null } ] }