NCD – Viewing Cost Estimates
Each vDataCenter, vApp, and VM detail page in Navisite Cloud Director® provides an estimated cost for the object (labeled as "Estimated Cost" for vDataCenters, "Stopped/Running/Current Cost" for vApps, and "Powered On Cost" for VMs), displayed at the top of the page. These displays provide estimated calculations of an object's cost based on the amount of resources (e.g., CPU, memory, storage, replication, licensing) that the object is configured to use.
A monthly estimated cost is displayed by default, but the displayed estimate can be changed to hourly or daily. To do so:
- Click the "gear" icon, and select Hourly, Daily, or Monthly from the resulting drop-down menu.
Note: Monthly estimates are based on a 30-day month.
- Click the green check mark button to change the time interval, or the X button to cancel the change.
Viewing Estimated vApp Costs
vApp objects have three possible states: Running, Partially Running, and Stopped.Partially running vApps contain VMs that are in different states ("Powered On" and "Powered Off").
Note: Powered Off VMs consume only storage resources, and not CPU or memory resources.
For partially running vApps, the estimated cost is labeled "Current Cost." A vApp's cost estimate for its current state is displayed in black, and estimates for other states ("Stopped" and "Running") are grayed out.
Viewing Cost Estimation Details
To view details of the point cost estimate:- Click the "info" icon next to the point value, as illustrated above. The Cost Estimation Details pop-up window appears.
The Cost Estimation Details pop-up window displays itemized and total estimated CPU, Memory, Storage, and other costs as follows:
- vDataCenter cost estimation details include estimated Media and Template, Networking, and vApp costs.
- vApp cost estimation details include estimated Powered Off and Powered On costs for each VM in the vApp.
- VM cost estimation details include estimated Powered Off and Powered On costs for the VM.