Using Purchased Storage and Storage Utilization in Wasabi Account Control Manager

In WACM, purchased storage and sub-account storage usage are the only ways to track how much your end-user is storing compared to how much they purchased from you. Purchased storage is a field to input the quantity of storage your end-user purchased or is allocated. Storage usage is a percentage calculated from that purchased storage value and presented in a dedicated column on the Sub-Account tab. 

Sub-Account Storage Usage Tracking 

Users of the Wasabi Account Control Manager can allot storage amounts to Sub-Accounts and then track the usage of that assigned storage. 

Introduction of the Purchased Storage Field

The Purchased Storage Field is an optional field that allows you to track the amount of storage your customer has purchased or is allotted. This field is a whole-number-only and TB-only field that can be updated anytime. The allotted Purchased Storage amount in no way prohibits a Sub-Account from storing more data; it is purely for visualization purposes. 

You can access the Purchased Storage field from:

• Create Sub-Account form — available on the Sub-Accounts page

• Account information page — available when you select a sub-account on the Sub-Accounts page

Create Sub-Account Form

The Purchased Storage field represents the amount of storage a customer has purchased or is allotted. Populating this field is not required and the Sub-Account can be created without this information. If you enter a storage amount, it can be modified at any time on the Sub-Account Account page.

Is purchased storage available for accounts that are On Trial?

The Purchased Storage field is not available for Sub-Accounts that are On Trial. This field is not shown in the form.

Setting a Purchased Storage Value for all Sub-Accounts at once

The Default Purchased Storage field allows Control Account or Governance users to allot a certain amount of Purchased Storage to every Sub-Account, except those previously modified. This amount can be changed anytime, and all Sub-Accounts that have not been previously modified will be updated to the modified value. 

The Default Purchased Storage field is available in the Sub-Account Usage Tracking section on the Control Account's Account page. 

Sub-Account Storage Utilization Metric

The Storage Utilization column on the Sub-Accounts page represents the calculation of (Sub-Account Active Storage + Deleted Storage) / Purchased Storage. This column also shows colored progress bars representing this metric.

The Storage Utilization image below reflects the different utilization thresholds set allowing you to easily see which sub-accounts are reaching 100% of their purchased storage. The colored progress bars help you to view the storage used.

It is also possible for Sub-Accounts to exceed 100%. Storage Utilization and Purchased Storage in no way prohibit a Sub-Account from storing more data, it is purely for visualization purposes.

What happens to the Storage Utilization column for Trial Accounts?

Trial accounts inherit their storage quota for the Purchased Storage value in the Storage Utilization column. This means that for Trial accounts the column's utilization percentage is equal to:

(Sub-Account Active + Deleted storage) / Trial Storage Quota

Who can see Purchased Storage and Storage Utilization?

Continue reading about this topic in the next article.

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