HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 599)

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 569
6. If multiple departments own the element repeat the steps above for each element. You can have
departments owning more than 100 percent of the element.
7. (Optional) Specify a monthly infrastructure charge for when storage-based calculation is being
done. This charge 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.
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 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.
a. Click the Set Infrastructure Cost button.
b. Type the monthly infrastructure charge for when storage-based calculation is performed.
c. Click OK.
8. When you are done with assigning the element to a department, click the Save Changes
button.
Step 2 - Review Storage Tier Cost
Storage-based chargeback lets you charge the application owners based on the amount of storage
allocated to them. Each storage system is designated a storage tier classification. You can specify a
charge for each storage tier. This charge is referred to as storage tier cost. The management server
determines the storage cost of the application by multiplying the storage tier cost by the allotted
storage. If the application uses more than one storage system, the storage cost from each storage
system is added for the total storage cost.
Storage tiers for storage-based informations can have any name. By default, they are the following:
• No Tier - the default setting. The storage is not classified.
• Ultra High Availability - usually assigned to the ultra high availability storage. This tier contains
the premium storage in your network, usually the most expensive.
• High Availability - usually assigned to the high availability storage. This tier contains storage
that is not as expensive as the storage assigned to the Ultra High Availability tier.
• IDE Based Storage - usually assigned to IDE-based storage. This tier contains storage that is
comparatively inexpensive.
Do the following:
1. Add the cost for each tier.
2. (Optional) To change the name of a storage tier, type a new name for the storage tier in the
Storage Tier Name field.
Keep in mind the following:
• The name must contain 1 to 256 characters.