Operational Summary

Use this report to understand the operational metrics (such as cost, average cost, addressable space in terabytes) of your on-premises storage.

This report has the following elements:

(1) KPIs: The KPIs in this report are the same as in the Storage Spend Profile. See element 1 in the Storage Spend Profile report.

(2) Filters: The following filters are available in this report. These filters are cumulative, and affect all data on the page, including the KPIs:

• Location: Select a specific location to see the impact of Storage spending for that location.
• Manufacturer: Select a specific cloud service provider to limit the data in the report to the services from that provider.
• Type: Select a type of server purpose to see the impact of Storage spending on servers by type.

(3) Operational Metrics by Category: Use the options at the top of this chart to selectively display various metrics. Additional metrics are available in the Summarize Cost By list. Use the chart to view the current Storage spending based on the metric you select.

(4) Device Details: This table provides the current monthly cost per location for the metrics you select from the Summarize By list. Click any link in the first column to see the spending trend of Storage TCO and details about the selected item.

Questions answered:

• How is our Storage strategy evolving?
• Where are we incurring Storage costs?
• Are there anomalies in our Storage spending?