Chargeback

On the VMworld website, you can find a featured presentation concerning chargeback. The presentation is by the CEO of VKernel, a company that I have mentioned on this blog before.

Chargeback, as pointed out in the presentation, is about 'measuring' and accounting for two types of costs: Consumables and non-consumables. The latter has to do with floor space, licenses, support and administration, etc. Consumables refers to utilization of CPU, memory, power, etc. Obviously, performance monitoring is critical in this aspect. Check out the presentation (registration required)!