Extracting Resource Allocation Data for Chargeback in a HP Virtual Server Environment for HP Integrity Servers
Service Provider
Style Report
Cost Recovery Style
Report
VSE Data
service model where charge is
determined by level of service
provided
user charges based on proportional
use of specific server
List of Workloads High
ensure all users are
billed for services
provided
High
ensure all workloads
are used in
allocating server
costs
Utilization High
readily available for
all workloads,
represents level of
service used by
consumer
High
readily available for
all workloads - sum
of all for a physical
server would
typically be less then
100% but can be
scaled to achieve
100% recovery
Allocation* Low
neither actually used
by user (see utilization
above) or a implicit
guarantee to user (see
guarantee below)
Medium
server resources
allocated to a
workload can not be
assigned to any
other
Workload
Usage:
Workload
Guarantees**
Medium
could be of interest
based on level of
service guaranteed
and therefore a
premium charge over
actual utilization
Medium
physical servers
sized for guaranteed
levels of service
List of Physical Servers Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
need to assign costs
of all servers in
environment
Mapping of Workloads to
Physical Servers
Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
use of a specific
server will be
divided between all
workloads that use it
Cores and
Memory
Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
need server
configuration to
compute
proportional use by
individual workloads
Serial
Number and
Asset Tag
Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
need to identify
server in asset
management and
account systems
iCAP *** Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
need to account for
resources with
versus resources
without usage rights
Physical
Server
Attributes
TiCAP ****
Low
charge independent of
specific hardware
High
need to identify
consumption of
specially purchased
computing capacity
by workloads
* nPar and vPar workloads only
** gWLM managed or HPVM entitlement workloads only
*** cell-based servers with iCAP only
**** cell-based servers with TiCAP only
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