Hitachi license fee for Universal Volume Manager is a base charge of $1K. The initial license fee is $20K for 10TB, which then declines as the volumes increase to $10K for 10TB. There is an initial offer of $0 for the first 10TB. Overall a good approximation of cost is $1 per GB.
Editor's Note: On January 14, 2008, EMC announced Virtual Provisioning, its version of thin provisioning. Our understanding is this is a licensed product that is priced comparably to Hitachi's offering and is charged based on capacity. The information in this note applies generally to EMC customers considering Virtual Provisioning but may not accurately reflect specific EMC pricing.