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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Tianqing Wang, Shanghai, CN;

Qiyan Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Robert B. Masson, Hingham, MA (US);

Yun Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Lin Peng, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G01R 21/00 (2013.01); Y04S 20/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for calculating a per-tenant cost in a multi-tenant data storage system. In one example, a method comprises the following steps. One or more cost contribution factors associated with a storage provider entity operating a data storage system for a plurality of tenants of the data storage system are identified. One or more cost items chargeable to each of the plurality of tenants are identified, the one or more cost items being associated with usage of the data storage system by each of the plurality of tenants. The one or more cost contribution factors associated with the storage provider entity are correlated with the one and more chargeable cost items for each of the plurality of tenants. A respective cost value payable by each tenant is determined based on the correlation step. In one further example, the methodology calculates a fixed energy cost associated with storing tenant data and a dynamic energy cost associated with the tenant accessing the stored data.


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