your customer runs a small datacenter ana their storage requirements change on a month-to-month basis. They want to easily monitor their Cloud costs/usage and grow their resources. Which self-service platform will fill their requirements?

HPE GreenLake Central is the self-service software platform that provides customers with a unified view and management control plane for their HPE GreenLake services. It is specifically designed to address the customer's requirements by allowing them to monitor their usage and spending, plan capacity, and grow their resources on-demand. This aligns perfectly with a consumption-based model where requirements change frequently. The platform provides a consistent cloud experience for managing costs and resources across a hybrid estate.

A. HPE InfoSight: This is an AIOps (AI for IT Operations) platform focused on predicting and preventing infrastructure problems, not a self-service portal for managing costs and consumption-based capacity.
C. HPE GreenLake Data Services Cloud Console: This is a cloud-native console for provisioning and managing specific data services (like block storage), but HPE GreenLake Central is the overarching platform for monitoring overall costs and usage.
D. HPE Compute Ops Management: This is a cloud-based management service specifically for the lifecycle management of HPE compute (server) infrastructure, not for overall cost/usage monitoring of variable storage.

1. HPE GreenLake Central - The Intuitive Self-Service Portal

Solution Brief (a00102339enw

Published October 2021): Page 2

"A single

integrated management control plane

" states

"HPE GreenLake Central is an advanced software platform that provides customers with a consistent cloud experience for all their applications and data... From this single platform

you can... monitor usage

cost

security

compliance

performance

and other key metrics..." This directly supports its role in monitoring costs and usage.

2. HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud Platform

Official Web Page: Under the "HPE GreenLake Central" section

it is described as the platform to "View and manage your costs

capacity

and security and compliance status from a single intuitive platform." This confirms its function as the central point for cost and capacity management.

3. HPE InfoSight: Artificial intelligence for autonomous infrastructure

Solution Brief (a00051653enw

Published April 2022): Page 2

"What is HPE InfoSight?" describes it as a platform that "collects and analyzes sensor data from millions of systems... and uses that intelligence to predict and prevent problems before they can affect your business." This highlights its focus on AIOps

not financial management.

4. HPE GreenLake for Block Storage

Data Sheet (a50003228enw

Published April 2022): Page 1 describes the Data Services Cloud Console (DSCC) as the tool to "simplify on-prem storage management with a cloud operational experience

" focusing on the technical management of the storage service itself.