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Table 52. Daily Cost Drivers (Continued)
Cost Driver Calculated Cost
Storage Allocated storage (GB) multiplied by the storage cost per gigabyte specified in one of the
following places:
n
The cost profile associated with the compute resource on which the machine is provisioned
n
The storage cost profile on the datastore on which the machine is provisioned
The cost specified in a storage cost profile for a specific datastore overrides the storage cost
specified in a cost profile on the compute resource.
Blueprint cost The value for daily cost specified in the machine blueprint is added to the total cost of the
machine.
This value can represent a markup for using the machine in addition to the resources consumed
by the machine.
Lease cost is calculated as daily cost multiplied by the total number of days in the lease period, if
applicable.
Cost-to-date is calculated as daily cost multiplied by the number of days a machine is provisioned.
Cost Information for Cloud Machines
Cost profiles do not apply to cloud machines. The only factor in calculating cost for cloud machines is the
blueprint cost.
Lease cost is calculated as daily cost multiplied by the total number of days in the lease period, if
applicable.
Cost-to-date is calculated as daily cost multiplied by the number of days a machine is provisioned.
Cost Calculation for Physical Machines
Several factors can contribute to the calculation of cost for physical machines.
The daily cost of a machine is based on the cost of the memory and CPU resources that it consumes,
and the blueprint cost.
Table 53. Daily Cost Drivers
Cost Driver Calculated Cost
Memory Memory (GB) on the physical machine multiplied by the daily memory cost per gigabyte specified
in the cost profile associated with the machine
CPUs Number of CPUs on the physical machine multiplied by the daily CPU cost specified in the cost
profile associated with the machine
Blueprint cost The value for daily cost specified in the machine blueprint is added to the total cost of the
machine.
This value can represent a markup for using the machine in addition to the resources consumed
by the machine.
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