Administrator Guide

Storage Center Chargeback

Chargeback monitors storage consumption and calculates data storage operating costs per department. Chargeback can be

congured to charge for storage based on the amount of allocated space or the amount of congured space. When cost is based on

allocated space, Chargeback can be congured to charge based on storage usage (the amount of space used), or storage

consumption (the dierence in the amount space used since the last automated Chargeback run).

Congure Chargeback or Modify Chargeback Settings

The Chargeback settings specify how to charge for storage consumption, how to assign base storage costs, and how to generate

reports. During the initial setup of Chargeback settings, the

Default Department drop-down menu is empty because the

departments do not exist yet.

1. Click the Chargeback view.

2. Click Edit Chargeback Settings in the Actions pane. The Edit Chargeback Settings wizard appears.

Figure 108. Edit Chargeback Settings Wizard

3. Select whether to charge on the allocated space of a volume or the congured space of a volume:

• To charge based on the amount of space that a volume actually uses, select the Charge on Allocated Space check box.

• To charge based on the amount of space that each volume is congured to use, clear the Charge on Allocated Space

check box.

4. If the Charge on Allocated Space check box was selected in the previous step, select the Charge on Dierence check box if

you want to congure Chargeback to charge based on the dierence between the amount of space a volume currently uses

and the amount of space that a volume used during the last automated Chargeback run.

5. To add additional charges that are based on the number of snapshots that have been created for a volume, select the Charge

for

Snapshots check box and enter the cost per snapshot in the Snapshot Cost eld.

6. To charge a higher rate for volume data that uses Fast Track disk space, select the Charge Extra for Fast Track check box and

enter the percentage to increase the cost for volumes that use Fast Track disk space in the Fast Track Percent Increase eld.

Storage Center Chargeback

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