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EPAM Private Cloud
Five Hints to Optimize Costs
June, 2015
PRESENTATION AGENDA
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Cloud infrastructure cost composition
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Active and passive resources
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Hint 1: Active resources usage optimization (Run VS Stop)
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Hint 2: Scheduling
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Hint 3: Checkpoints accurate usage
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Hint 4: Account optimization ratio reports
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Hint 5: Use cheaper region
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Questions
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EPC Facilities
The cost of your project infrastructure in Cloud is mainly a sum of prices for your VMs. The price
consists of static and changeable costs.
Static: Soft and Labor
Changeable:
• Capacity (CPU+RAM)
• Storage (Used space in GB)
• Checkpoints
Static
VM Price
=
Soft and labor
Changeable
+
VM Capacity
+
Storage
+
Checkpoints
Given policy is actual for EPAM-*** regions
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Active and Passive Resources
Active (Running) and Passive (Stopped/Suspended) resources pricing is different:
*The example for a Windows VM, 20GB storage, in EPAM-BY1 Region. In other regions, the
price may vary
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Hint 1: Resource Usage Optimization
Minimizing the Active time by stopping the VMs when they are not needed, can significantly decrease your Cloud
Costs.
The diagram shows the amount of money that some real projects saved in one month after introducing this practice:
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Hint 2: Scheduling
Scheduling the VMs activity allows to stop, suspend and run instances automatically. An instance that is running only
during working hours, has significantly lower costs (up to 60%).
The difference in price for a scheduled VM running during working hours only and running 24/7 is significant:
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Hint 2: Scheduling
How To:
1. Login to EPAM Orchestrator
(https://cloud.epam.com)
2. Click on Schedulers from Dashboard
3. Fill out the form according to your
needs
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Hint 3: Checkpoints Accurate Usage
Checkpoints - instance recovery points, containing the state and data (storage, memory, other devices) of an
instance.
Related issues:
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Significantly increases the price of the VM
E.g.: Large VM price: $72.76; Large VM+checkpoint = approx $87,19
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Reverting to the checkpoint older than 30 days may cause trouble
Recommendations:
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Do not use for more than 72 hours
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Remove checkpoints if no needed anymore
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Hint 4: Account Optimization Ratio Reports
The Account Optimization Ratio Report is a part of the Summary report of your projects in EPC retrieved by
project superiors (Project Sponsor, Sales Executive, or Account Manager) at the end of each billing month.
This data can become a basis for infrastructure review and resource usage optimization.
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Hint 5: Use Cheaper Region
You can chose cheaper region to run your infrastructure, if it fits your project needs.
Below, you can see the comparison of monthly prices* for a LARGE VM with 20 GB volume in different EPC regions (VMs
usage rate is 100%).
*as for May, 2015
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QUESTIONS?
Financial questions: Billing Page
Project Management: Guide
SLA: Terms and Agreements
Management Console: Guide
Services: EPC Services Page
Cloud Consulting:
[email protected]
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Cloud Training Program
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EPAM Cloud Basics
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Frequently Asked
Questions
Computing Facilities
by EPC
Cost Management and
Monitoring tools
overview
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Activating a project
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Setting user
permissions
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Setting Project Quotas
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Five Hints to Optimize Costs
• Cloud Costs Composition
• Active and Passive
Resources
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NEXT: AWS Integration
Basics
Cloud Management
Tools
• AWS Usage Roadmap
• Cloud Management
Console overview
• Hint 1: Scheduling
• AWS and EPC
Management
Consoles
• Hint 2: Checkpoints
accurate usage
• Using Maestro CLI for
AWS Manipulations
• Hint 3: Active resources
usage optimization (run vs
stop)
• Resource Unification
• Hint 4: Account
Optimization Ratio Reports
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• Manage EPC wizard
• Audit tools
• Reporting tools
• Monitoring tools
• Self-education
possibilities
• Hint 5: Use cheaper region
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