what is resource metering in windows server 2012? course hero

by Joaquin Koch 3 min read

What is Hyper V Resource Metering?

Hyper-V Resource Metering in Windows Server 2012 allows organizations to avoid the expense and complexity associated with building in-house metering solutions to track usage within specific business units. It enables hosting providers to quickly and cost-efficiently create a more advanced, reliable, usage-based billing solution that adjusts to the provider's business model and strategy.

What is Windows Server 2012?

Windows Server 2012 provides two options for administrators to obtain historical data on a client's use of virtual machine resources: Hyper-V cmdlets in Windows PowerShell and the new APIs in the Virtualization WMI provider. These tools expose the metrics for the following resources used by a virtual machine during a specific period of time:

Do enterprises pay for Internet traffic?

Enterprises pay for the Internet traffic in and out of their data centers, but not for the network traffic within their data centers. For this reason, providers generally consider Internet and intranet traffic separately for the purposes of billing.

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