1. IT Cost Management for Servers
Gain Full Cost Visibility into Server Costs • Recommend Cost-Effective Configurations – Inefficiencies in
server-related expenses can drive up costs significantly. IT Cost
While it is generally understood that “hardware is cheap”, servers
Management gives visibility into the underlying cost drivers
still remains a very large budget item for corporate IT. The total cost
including electricity, facilities, support, security, overhead,
of server ownership is impacted by a complicated set of drivers:
administration and more. When server owners can identify the
more than just the hardware itself, the total cost includes electricity, underlying costs that are out of line with normal, they can make
facilities, support, security, overhead, administration and much informed decisions about more cost effective configurations.
more. With this complex set of cost drivers impacting the amount
• Report on Actual Server Usage – It is much easier to have
organizations spend on their servers, full cost visibility is vital to a business conversation about server costs if full visibility
make smart spending decisions that align with business goals. into underlying expenses is available to all parties. IT Cost
The costs for servers must be reduced while continuing to support Management delivers full transparency into the total cost of
the business. If you have ever struggled to meet these opposing servers to both corporate IT and the business units that must
pay for them. Business units are much more willing to pay when
requirements, IT Cost Management can answer key questions:
they understand that they are paying for actual usage.
• Which business units have high server utilization and how
• Reduce Service Levels – Business requirements do change.
much does that cost?
Servers that historically required very high service levels may
• Where are overall server costs running over budget – and why? no longer need it. IT Cost Management will identify the types of
• What is the right server offering to optimize on utilization, servers that have both a high total cost and a high per CPU cost.
capacity, and cost? From there, drilling down will uncover the reasons for excessive
expenditures to identify the servers that have the potential to
• What are the potential cost savings of reducing service levels?
deliver significant costs savings if service levels were reduced.
• How can we accurately give our business units visibility into
• Reduce Support Costs – Servers that have high support costs
server usage when infrastructure is shared?
but a low number of support calls are candidates for reduced
IT Cost Visibility Delivers Tangible Savings support. With IT Cost Management, you gain visibility into the
overall support costs for all servers as well as the per CPU costs.
IT professionals and finance teams must continually make decisions
that need to balance cost with service levels and server utilization. • Establish Cost-effective Server Offerings – There are many
Giving individuals in-depth information about cost drivers helps options when choosing servers solutions. From operating
system to the facilities the servers are hosted in and more, the
them make smarter decisions when comparing actual spend to
challenge is to deliver the right level of computing power at the
plan, running annual budgeting processes, executing cost reduction
lowest possible cost. IT Cost Management can help to capture
analysis, administering billing and chargeback, or conducting any
the total cost of server offerings – such as the most expensive
other business processes that impacts costs.
server configurations per CPU - so IT teams can develop more
For the teams responsible for purchasing and administering servers, flexible server offerings, and business units can understand the
ability to compare server utilization with service levels and cost is a tradeoffs in different types of servers.
great enabler for server-related decisions including:
• Prioritize Server Virtualization – Virtualization has proven to
have clear cost benefits – but where do you start? By delivering Achieve Cost Visibilty noW!
visibility into server utilization, capacity and cost, IT Cost
Management can immediately identify the servers that have
Week One: Week Two:
both high utilization and high costs. These servers are the best • Identify existing data sources • Personalize templates
candidates to deliver significant costs savings through server • Associate data to IT services • Customize work ows
• Con gure cost formulas • Setup user accounts
virtualization. • Setup templates • Begin use
• Eliminate Underutilized Capacity – An easy way to save
money without impacting the business is to shift usage from Digital Fuel’s IT Cost Management solutions can begin saving your organization
high cost, under utilized servers to lower cost servers, eliminate money in weeks. Using a SaaS approach, Digital Fuel hosts everything for you,
eliminating the overhead of installation and deployment in your datacenter. Pick
servers that are not being utilized effectively; or terminate
any area where you need visibility – business applications, storage, virtualization,
maintenance for servers that are no longer critical. . IT Cost etc. – and your IT and finance teams will have access to the detailed IT cost data
Management delivers visibility into server utilization and they need to make smart cost-related decisions within weeks.
capacity then compares that to the total cost to quickly identify
Two Weeks to Visibility into Costs of Servers
servers that are candidates for more optimal use.
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2. IT Cost Management for Servers
IT Cost Management brings organization and
visibility into the complex underlying cost
drivers that impact the total cost of servers.
IT Cost Management shows important server
cost metrics at a glance to immediately identify
irregularities requiring attention.
IT Cost Management delivers powerful drill-
down reporting for deeper analysis of key cost
drivers.
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