DETERMINING DATACENTER COSTS

• US 20140316953A1
• Filed: 04/17/2013
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: PANGARKAR, Mangesh, PRABHAKARAN, Diwakar, SINGH, Jusvinder
• Application Number:
  US13/865,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20140316953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies

Abstract

A method for determining costs associated with at least one datacenter is described. A portal is accessed, the portal operable to provide a data collector. A data collector is received at the at least one data center. Data collected by the data collector sends the data to the portal. A report associated with the costs associated with the at least one datacenter is received.

Claims

1. A method of determining costs associated with at least one datacenter, said method comprising:

accessing a portal, wherein said portal is operable to provide a data collector, said accessing accomplished by a computer system;

receiving said data collector at said at least one datacenter;

sending resource usage data collected by said data collector to said portal; and

receiving a cost report associated with said resource usage data, wherein said cost report is received from said portal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subscribing to a service to access said portal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

customizing said report.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a hierarchy of entities to collect data from said at least one datacenter with said data collector.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending resource usage data collected by said data collector to said portal comprises:

aggregating said data collected by said data collector prior to sending said data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said sending resource usage data collected by said data collector to said portal comprises:

sending resource usage data collected from entities detected by said data collector within said at least one datacenter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a cost report associated with said resource usage data comprises:

receiving said cost report comprising cost analysis data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving a cost report associated with said resource usage data comprises:

receiving a cost report comprising an aggregation of said resource usage data associated with costs collected from a plurality of datacenters.

9. A method of determining costs associated with at least one datacenter, said method comprising:

presenting a portal, wherein said portal is operable to provide a data collector;

sending said data collector to said at least one datacenter;

receiving resource usage data collected by said data collector at said portal; and

providing a cost report associated with said resource usage data, wherein said cost report is provided by said portal.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

presenting an option to subscribe to a service to access said portal.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

allowing a user to customize said report.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

allowing a user to create a hierarchy of entities to collect data from said at least one datacenter with said data collector.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein said receiving resource usage data collected by said data collector at said portal comprises:

receiving aggregated data collected by said data collector.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein said receiving resource usage data collected by said data collector at said portal comprises:

receiving said resource usage data from entities detected by said data collector within said at least one datacenter.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said providing a cost report associated with said resource usage data comprises:

providing said cost report comprising cost analysis data.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein said wherein said providing a cost report associated with said resource usage data comprises:

providing said cost report comprising an aggregation of data associated with costs collected from a plurality of datacenters.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computing system to perform a method of determining costs associated with at least one datacenter, said method comprising:

accessing a portal, wherein said portal is operable to provide a data collector, said accessing accomplished by a computer system;

receiving said data collector at said at least one datacenter;

sending resource usage data collected by said data collector to said portal; and

receiving a cost report associated with said resource usage data, wherein said cost report is received from said portal.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

subscribing to a service to access said portal.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

customizing said report.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said sending resource usage data collected by said data collector to said portal further comprises:

aggregating said data collected by said data collector prior to sending said data.