HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 627
Setting the Infrastructure Cost
For a more detailed analysis of Chargeback information you can optionally specify infrastructure
cost. There are two types of monthly infrastructure costs that you can set up: Asset-based and
Storage-based. Each can be set up to calculate infrastructure cost based on ownership using the
Ownership tab on the Chargeback page. Asset and storage-based infrastructure costs that you
specify are calculated as part of your monthly Chargeback results. See ”About Asset–based
Infrastructure Cost” on page 627 and ”About Storage–based Infrastructure Cost” on page 627 for
more information on asset and storage-based infrastructure cost. Follow these steps to set up
infrastructure costs on the management server:
1. Access Chargeback Manager, as described in ”Accessing Chargeback Manager” on
page 617.
2. Click the Ownership tab in the right pane.
3. Click the Chargeback Method drop-down menu and select either Asset–based or
Storage–based.
4. Click the Set Infrastructure Cost button.
5. Type the monthly infrastructure charge for calculating asset-based or storage-based infrastructure
costs depending on your current selection.
6. Click OK.
About Asset–based Infrastructure Cost
Asset-based infrastructure cost is an optional chargeback calculation that you can specify on the
Ownership page. Setting an asset-based infrastructure cost calculates a monthly infrastructure
charge which is identical for each department and is applied once each month on top of their total
ownership cost. Modifying the infrastructure charge impacts the asset-based chargeback result for
all department owners. Asset-based infrastructure cost, when optionally set up, is added to the total
Asset-based chargeback calculation results.
About Storage–based Infrastructure Cost
Storage-based infrastructure cost is an optional chargeback calculation that you can specify on the
Ownership page. Setting a storage-based infrastructure cost calculates a monthly infrastructure
charge which is identical for each department and is applied once each month on top of their total
storage cost. Modifying the infrastructure charge will impact the storage-based chargeback result for
all department owners. The same infrastructure charge is assigned to a department regardless of it
owning one or 100 elements. Storage-based infrastructure cost, when optionally set up, is added to
the total storage-based chargeback calculation results.
For example, the infrastructure cost is not included when you view the chargeback for individual
elements; however, the infrastructure cost is added to the Total Cost/Month value in the
storage-based Chargeback Manager report. It is also displayed when you view chargeback per
department. The infrastructure cost is added to each department, regardless of whether the
department owns one or 100 elements.
Setting Up Asset and Storage Based Chargeback Manager
This section describes the following: