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A view of metered usage — right down to department or project, even across multiple locations — that provides a meaningful showback or chargeback of costs. Showbacks Payment for infrastructure capacity and cloud services are based only on actual consumption above the reserve capacity. Pay-per-use Metering technology calculates consumption in a number of ways, including: gigabytes at the storage level, right down to a device or set of devices; servers at the unit level, including individual blades; memory usage per virtual machine; and licenses for backup software or the backend terabytes for backup. Units of measure Evaluating On-premises Cloud Services Not all cloud services are created equal. Keep these essentials in mind as you compare: Learn about the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform here. Look for services that include capabilities such as metering, monitoring, capacity management and consumption analytics for IT infrastructure. This enables IT and the business to better under- stand usage trends and allocate for showbacks. In addition, seek a full stack of application and IT management services to help you integrate and deploy resources that best suit your business. Look for self-service functionality that unifies insights and operations across your entire hybrid environment, enabling you to easily deploy resources, view costs and manage capacity. Broad range of cloud services Don't forget management services. When it comes to achieving the ultimate goal of IT delivering resources as-a-service, outsourcing alone isn't sufficient. True management services extends your IT team, from filling gaps by carrying out routine tasks like patching, all the way to helping manage, monitor, and optimize complex hybrid IT environments. Management services Evaluate whether your provider offers a pay-per-use model or leasing options that are termed "pay as you go." They may sound the same, yet the differences ultimately affect how much you're spending for capacity. Usage-based billing model Self-service control and insights Capacity — servers, storage, compute — and services, such as networking and software, that are immediately available and can be scaled up or down as needed. On demand

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