Setting the Billing Model

Setting the billing model enables the Data Fabric UI to display estimated billing charges for each fabric.

Setting the billing model is optional. However, if you set the billing model, the Data Fabric UI can show estimates of your aggregated and on-demand billing charges on the Billing and Storage Consumption card. See View Billing Data by Fabric.

To set the billing model, you must enter information provided to you by HPE when you purchased your license for the fabric. Use these steps to provide the information:
  1. Sign in to the Data Fabric UI, and switch to the Fabric manager experience.
  2. Click the Fabric administration button.
  3. On the Activation card, click Set billing model. The Set billing model form appears.
  4. Fill in the form as follows (an asterisk (*) denotes required fields):
    Commit amount*
    The minimum amount of storage that you committed to purchase in your Data Fabric license.
    Unit
    The units for the commit amount. Available units are:
    • TB (terabytes)
    • PB (petabytes)
    • EB (exabytes)
    • ZB (zettabytes)
    Commit rate*
    The monthly storage charge in dollars ($) per GB hour that you committed to when you purchased your license. To ensure that the UI provides accurate estimates, be sure to factor in any discount in the Commit rate that you received from HPE.
    On-demand rate*
    The rate in dollars ($) per GB hour for storage use in excess of your commit amount. To ensure that the UI provides accurate estimates, be sure to factor in any discount in the On-demand rate that you received from HPE.
  5. Click Save.