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Table 2‑1. 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.
Storage cost specified in a cost profile is not taken into account for physical machines. If you assign a
cost profile that includes a value for storage cost to a physical machine, it is ignored. You can account for
the cost of using storage in the daily cost specified in the blueprint for the physical 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.
How Cost Is Displayed
The machine cost is displayed at various stages of the request and provisioning life cycle and is updated
according to the current information in the request or on the provisioned item.
Daily cost and lease cost appear at all stages of the lifecycle. After the machine is provisioned, the cost-
to-date also appears.
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