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Storage Chargeback:
Revolutionizing Storage Economics
In the era of hybrid cloud environments and data-driven operations, precise storage chargeback isn't just a financial exercise—it's a strategic imperative. FileCensus revolutionizes this space by providing granular, cross-platform visibility into storage consumption, enabling you to calculate, bill, and justify costs with unprecedented accuracy. Whether you're dealing with on-premises infrastructure, cloud storage, or a mix of both, FileCensus's unique approach ensures that every gigabyte is accounted for and allocated to the right cost center, transforming storage from a black box expense into a transparent, manageable resource.
As organizations embrace Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and grapple with diverse departmental needs, FileCensus emerges as a game-changer. Its historical snapshot capability moves beyond one-size-fits-all approaches, leveraging rich metadata to provide a nuanced view of file creation, consumption, and usage patterns across your enterprise. This granular insight drives more than just billing—it informs policy setting, shapes valuation strategies, and optimizes resource allocation across multi-tiered storage systems. For larger enterprises, FileCensus's XML interface seamlessly integrates with HR systems, ensuring that chargeback data always reflects the most current organizational structure. This dynamic approach adapts to monthly fluctuations, infrastructure changes, and evolving business needs, providing a flexible foundation for your storage economy.
By implementing FileCensus's user-pay system, IT departments gain the power to craft bespoke policies and infrastructure solutions tailored to individual cost centers. This level of customization goes beyond simple cost allocation—it's about aligning storage strategies with business objectives. Want to incentivize efficient data management? Need to justify investments in high-performance tiers? FileCensus provides the data-driven insights to make it happen. The result is a more agile, responsive IT infrastructure where storage decisions are driven by real business needs and usage patterns. In essence, FileCensus doesn't just help you manage costs; it transforms storage into a strategic asset, driving innovation and competitive advantage across your organization.
Enterprise Chargeback
This example demonstrates how FileCensus is used to determine the cost based on a one day snapshot of your storage infrastructure. FileCensus presents cost details by organisational units that can be charged by entire servers, volumes or just a collection of directories. The cost for each file is calculated based on the current cost of storage technology used and summarised by the chargeback report.
FileCensus also provides sophisticated Monthly level reporting which determines storage costs for each day of the month, delivering real usage costs, not just at some point in time.
Detailed Chargeback
FileCensus allows department managers to analyze the relationship between functional area and storage cost. FileCensus allows departmental managers to confirm that the charges were fair and accurate. They can determine which area of their business can achieve savings by reducing data holdings or moving data to a cheaper class of storage. Department managers now have visibility and therefore control of their storage expenditure. FileCensus can integrate with your existing HR system so that users and cost centers never have to be maintained twice.
