VKernel -- World's first VMware certified virtual appliance for Capacity and Chargeback
Appliance Type
Partner
Description
VKernel Chargeback is an affordable and easy–to–use tool that gives users immediate cost visibility chargeback reporting for their VMware ESX infrastructure — “who is using what resources and how much it costs.” VKernel Chargeback continually measures and meters actual shared resource consumption (CPU, memory, storage, network) of each virtual machine (VM) and allows you to apply additional fixed costs (hardware, software, infrastructure) to fairly charge departments only for the virtual server resources being used. With accurate Chargeback reports, you can effectively recover IT costs and justify financial decisions of future purchases.
Features & Benefits
Chargeback or Cost Allocation Reporting
* Need to know who is using what resources and what is the associated cost?
* How do you budget for the future expansion of the virtual data center?
* Want to recover the virtualization costs from the departments you serve?
* Does management want you to justify additional hardware purchases?
VKernel Chargeback can be used either to cross charge departments for actual IT resource consumption, or to provide management reports to show how business use is actually driving resource costs. Either way, Chargeback deploys in minutes and begins providing cost visibility reports in as little as one day. Simply calculate your resource costs (using our Chargeback calculator), define departments, and link them to the virtual machines (VMs) they use. That’s it! The Chargeback virtual appliance will now keep track of how your business units are using VMs and the resources they support.
VKernel Chargeback enables you to:
* Gain immediate cost visibility to see exactly who is using what resources and how much resource consumption actually costs
* Charge departments based on actual resource usage
* Cost justify additional purchases by relating them directly to the business
* Show how business will benefit through planned virtualization projects
Pricing
USD 199.00 Per Socket
Tags & Keywords
chargeback, showback, cost visibility
