Foglight for SQL Azure 5.5.8.6

Monitoring estimated costs

The Estimated Cost pane displays the estimated costs, in US dollars, to be charged for the actual storage consumption and bandwidth usage during the specified time range.

NOTE: To view detailed information regarding the estimated cost calculation, refer to the following panels:

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For bandwidth usage—go to Activity > Bandwidth Usage. For more information, see Monitoring Bandwidth Usage on page 37.

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For storage consumption—go to Database > Estimated Storage Cost. For more information, see Reviewing the Estimated Storage Cost on page 47.

Reviewing the Storage Utilization the Cost-related Results

The Estimated Storage Cost section allows viewing the daily storage cost over the last several days, as defined in the selected time range, and determining the suitability of the business edition in use, compared with the current database size.

Reviewing the Estimated Storage Cost Changes

The Estimated Cost chart allows viewing the variations, if any, of the daily storage cost between the days specified in the selected time range. The cost can be compared with the actually used space size, which is displays in the Utilized Space Size chart.


	IMPORTANT: As the daily storage cost is determined at the end of the day, the daily storage cost is plotted over days. However, as such a display is not possible when the selected time range is the default period of the last two days, the chart plots the storage cost over hours. Therefore, if the database has been monitored for more than a week, it is advisable to change the selected time range to 7 days (1w) in order to obtain a more realistic display.

Reviewing the Total Storage Cost Calculation

The Storage Cost Calculation table displays the estimated storage cost for the number of days specified in the selected time range, for which data is available, with a breakdown by days and cost plan (business edition and storage limit) used each day.


	IMPORTANT: As the estimated daily storage cost is calculated at the end of the whole day (midnight), no storage cost is available for the current day, and the table displays the estimated cost the number of days specified in the selected time range, for which data is available. For example: if selecting a one-week time range on October 10th at 13:30, the table displays data for the week that ended on October 9th at midnight.

The table contains the following columns:

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Edition—the business edition type; either Web or Business

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Limit—the upper storage limit for the selected cost plan

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Days—the number of days that the selected cost plan was in use

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Price—the storage price per GB