Services
Cloud Cost Management
Cost optimization for effective cloud strategy
Cloud cost challenge
A big challenge with cloud services is keeping costs under control, and business expects IT Infrastructure and Operations to be doing just that, rather than focusing solely on engineering and operations
Why keeping costs down is difficult
- Each department in the company may use its own cloud infrastructure
- Cloud resources are not adjusted to the company’s current needs
- Cloud spend is not monitored
- Long-term cost management strategy is lacking
- Cloud resource peak capacity is rarely used
Our approach to cloud cost management
Organize
1
- Group all resources into organization
- Prepare and introduce a resource structure
Analyze
2
- Summarize pain points
- Research corrective actions
Improve
3
- Billing Management
- The use of resources and services
Why us
- We have experience managing and optimizing multi-cloud environments
- Working for industry leaders
- Providing teams of top-notch cloud experts that solve problems efficiently
- Delivering projects on time and on budget
- We’re on top of advances in cloud computing
- Providing technology advice and support
Case study: cloud cost optimization for Kubernetes cluster
1Case
- Multiple GKE clusters created for development purposes
- 3-6 nodes, 1vCPU, 3GB RAM
- Clusters are expected to be short-lived and redeployable at any time
2Problem
- Clusters stay online for extended periods of time
- Nodes cost about $25 per month each while not reaching peak capacity
3Solution
- Introduce cleanup system, unless cluster is marked to stay
- Use preemptible VMs with node pool autoscaler (~$5/month each)
- Consolidate projects to qualify for sustained use discounts (730 hrs/month, stacked from multiple VMs) on Google Cloud Platform - surprisingly, it is sometimes cheaper not to turn machines on and off
- Long-distance improvements: committed use discount
4Result
Reduces cost by a full 70%