Deliver cost analysis, measuring, and billing for VMware Infrastructure with VMware vCenter Chargeback. Fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server, VMware vCenter Chargeback delivers the ability for administrators to understand costing and drive accountability across business units. Base cost models, fixed costs, and additional factors can be entered into VMware vCenter Chargeback for proper business alignment in addition to allowing for costs to be propagated across an environment correctly.
Report Virtualization Costs Precisely
VMware vCenter Chargeback takes into account many different factors. These range for hardware costs (CPU, Memory, Storage, etc.) to additional elements such as power and cooling. VMware vCenter Chargeback can incorporate all of these variables to provide IT with a comprehensive virtualized environment cost enabling charge back to individual business units and the business as a whole.
- Understand the costs of virtual machines
- Properly allocate costs across organization units
- Comprehensive reporting
Customize Cost Models and Metrics
VMware vCenter Chargeback allows for IT organizations to enter their unique cost information and tune chargeback based on their specific requirements.
- Supports allocation-based costing, utilization-based costing, or a combination of both
- Allows for entry of cost accounting structures, base cost models, fixed costs, and multiple rates needed to calculate true costs. Templates can also be used to apply existing models quickly to expanding or new environments.
- 3rd party integration for export of data or importing of existing hierarchies
Simplify Billing
VMware vCenter Chargeback automatically creates detailed billing reports that can be submitted to business units within an organization. This provides business units with a clear view into resources consumed and their associated costs. Administrators can now transition the IT environment from a cost center to a value center.
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