Spend Profile

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Use this report to view the planned spend and utilization of Storage resources.

This report has the following elements:

(1) KPIs: KPIs provide a high-level view of your infrastructure spend:

  • Cost YTD: This KPI shows the overall spend on servers YTD. Spending for the current period is shown as Cost.
  • Installed Space TB: This KPI shows the amount of used storage capacity in terabytes. The secondary KPI shows the average cost per installed terabyte as Avg Cost per Installed TB.
  • Addressable Space TB: This KPI shows the terabytes of on-premises memory that is currently available for programs and processes. The secondary KPI shows the average cost per terabyte as Avg Cost per Addressable TB.
  • YoY Installed TB Cost Change - This KPI shows the year-over-year change in the cost of installed on-premises memory.

(2) Current Month Spend by Cost Pool: Use this chart to view the Storage spending per cost pool for the current month.

(3) Addressable Space (TB) and Avg Cost per: Use this chart to view the amount of available memory in terabytes per month and the average cost of that space.

(4) Storage YTD pie charts: The pie charts show the relationship of a specific type of storage by tier, by location, or by manufacturer. Use this information as a quick overview of your Storage spending profile.

Questions answered:

  • Are there anomalies in our spending?
  • Is the spending in line with our Storage strategy?
  • How is the infrastructure strategy evolving?
  • Where are we incurring Storage costs?