Processing activity phases

Chargeback data processing phases are sequenced as a series of steps in an XML job file. The first step is generally collection, the retrieval of raw data from a source in a cloud environment. Subsequent steps prepare the data for loading into Cloud Cruiser’s chargeback database.

Cloud Cruiser recommends deploying one processing job for each type of resource in the cloud. Unique instances of a given resource then comprise a “feed” of data.

The following diagram shows the order of the phases and their descriptions: