Storage Summary

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Use this report to view your overall Storage spend across the enterprise and a view of Storage costs per IT Tower and Sub-tower.

This report has the following elements:

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

  • On Prem Cost YTD: This KPI shows the overall spending for on-premise storage servers YTD. Spending for the current period is shown as On Prem Cost.
  • Public Cloud Cost YTD: This KPI shows the overall spending for public cloud storage servers YTD. Spending for the current period is shown as Public Cloud Cost.
  • On Prem 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.
  • Public Cloud Used Space TB: This KPI shows the terabytes of public cloud memory currently in use. The secondary KPI shows the average cost per terabyte of used space as Avg Cost per Used Space TB.

(2) Storage Spend Month Over Month: Use this chart to view the 1-year trending spend for Storage resources across your on-premises and public cloud servers.

(3) Storage Costs by: Select the Cost Pools, IT Towers, Environment, or Vendors tabs to view charts of the current Compute spending for the month. The Details table lists the spending of the current month, QTD, and YTD.

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?