Philip N Burt

US Patent:

8037072, Oct 11, 2011

Filed:

Jun 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/881705

Inventors:

Philip N. Burt - Shrewsbury MA, US
Paul Timmins - Natick MA, US
Anuradha Shivnath - Southborough MA, US

Assignee:

EMC Corporation - Hopkinton MA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707737, 707736

Abstract:

A chargeback management station obtains data records including asset information pertaining to storage assets in a data storage system and utilization information pertaining to the use of the storage assets by the users, wherein the storage assets include redundant storage assets and internal and external storage assets. The data records further include grouping information reflecting a grouping of the storage assets and the users into charge-related groups. The asset and utilization information is selectively aggregated according to the grouping to obtain respective asset and utilization values for raw capacities, usable capacities, and the internal and external storage assets. The asset and utilization values are displayed in corresponding information fields of a graphical user interface that is presented to a system operator and that reflects the charge-related grouping of the storage assets and the users. The system operator can specify the layout for the charge reports displayed on the graphical interface by using a table screen, a graph screen, and a filter screen.