Monitoring Data Mesh Costs and Building a Cross-Charging Model
In the previous chapter, we discussed two broad models of how a data mesh is monetized by companies through a central or distributed cost model. In either of these models, it’s important to be able to measure the cost of the data mesh broken down into individual data products. Irrespective of the cost distribution strategy that a company adopts, it will need to get the cost of each landing zone in order to ensure return on investment (ROI) and plan budgets at a granular level.
There are multiple aspects to the cost of a data mesh. What are these cost components? How do you measure them? How do you split the cost of common components across different data products? These and many such questions will be answered in this chapter.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Components of data mesh costs
- Cost models in a data mesh
- Overview of cost management in Azure
- Allocating costs...
