Betsy,

        Thanks!!
Rick Smith
Maritz, Inc.
Storage & Security Administration
smithrr AT maritz DOT com
(314) 827-1584

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> From:         Moir,Betsy[SMTP:Betsy.Moir AT LN.SSW.ABBOTT DOT COM]
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 10, 1998 9:58 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Charge Back
>
> We just recently had a client ask for this.  We determined how many
> tapes we
> thought they would use to store their data and multiplied that by the
> cost of
> the tapes. Then we made a wild-assed guess at how many hours of our
> time they
> might require over the next three years and multiplied that by our
> corporate
> internal hourly billing rate of $72/hour and then tacked on a little
> something to cover the aggravation of having to keep track of the
> stuff at
> all.   Added all that together, hoped they'd turn us down and then
> sent them
> the bill when they didn't.
>
>
>
>
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 03/09/98 06:56:55 PM
> Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
> cc:
> Subject: Charge Back
>
> ADSMer's,
>
>         We have a situation here, in which certain DBA's want data
> (non-financial) kept for an absurd length of time (3 years).  We've
> already told them we won't do backups that long, so they insisted on
> archiving.  This will consume a lot of resources, and we would like to
> develop a charge back system.  Has anyone ever set something like this
> up with ADSM??  Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Smith
> Maritz, Inc.
> Storage & Security Administration
> smithrr AT maritz DOT com
> (314) 827-1584
>
>
>