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Storage Chargeback |
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Economical Perspective
Northern Storage
Chargeback puts storage into an economical perspective, making each byte
count. As any organization will attest, holding the line on disk usage
is an increasing and ongoing challenge. The possibility to define the
real costs involved adds a powerful component to Northern Storage Suite,
and a persuasive argument to your SRM policy.
Introduction
An Economical Approach to
Storage Management
Storage is viewed as a free commodity, there is little user incentive to
conserve space. Storage Chargeback is a resource accounting solution
that assigns a price to increments of storage, making users
(individuals, departments, etc.) accountable for the space they consume.
This approach exacts a price on users who inefficiently manage their
allotted space…and provides powerful incentive for economical and
intelligent use of available resources. By providing users with a
self-policing mechanism, the IT organization now has an ally in
efficient storage resource management.
Make Each Byte Count
Storage Chargeback provides you with a complete, 360-degree perspective
on costs and trends. It provides internal and external billing –
enabling you to ‘charge back’ the cost of storage to the end-user.
Whether you want to charge departments for increments of storage real
estate above a certain threshold or place a premium on the types of data
stored, Storage Chargeback’s approach holds users directly accountable
for their storage.
With Northern Storage Chargeback, users understand the costs associated
with storage. And now have a very compelling reason to take a proactive
approach to the management of their storage resources.
Define Budget Needs
In some organizations it may not be desirable to enforce a policy of
internal billing. The fact that invoices are not exchanged between
departments does not remove the need to identify the real costs and real
cost centres involved in the provision of storage resources. Northern
Storage Chargeback can clearly identify future costs and define concrete
budget needs.
Northern Storage Chargeback is available as an integrated component of
Northern Storage Suite. |
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