Data storage metering and billing

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• non-transitory computer readable storage media storing code, the code being executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at an owner server on a periodic basis, storage utilization data, the storage utilization data comprising one or more measurements of data storage usage for data storage at a customer location of a customer, the customer location remote from the owner server;
• calculating, from the storage utilization data, average storage utilization data comprising an average of the storage utilization data from the customer location for a billing period;
• calculating billing information for the average storage utilization data for the billing period, the billing information calculated from the average storage utilization data and a calculated storage billing rate;
• and
• providing, to the customer, access to the billing information.

A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing code, the code being configured to be executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at an owner server on a periodic basis, storage utilization data, the storage utilization data comprising one or more measurements of data storage usage for data storage at a customer location of a customer, the customer location remote from the owner server;
• calculating, from the storage utilization data, average storage utilization data comprising an average of the storage utilization data from the customer location for a billing period;
• calculating billing information for the average storage utilization data for the billing period, the billing information calculated from the average storage utilization data and a calculated storage billing rate;
• and
• providing, to the customer, access to the billing information.