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Tune Your Cloud: From Cloud Insights to Actions
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Meet our speakers
Deirdre MahonCMO & Head of Customer Success
Cloud Cruiser
Paul ZinnSenior Director, Products
Cloud Cruiser
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Today’s Topics
• Cloud Cruiser intro
• Understanding Insights
• Common questions
• Best practices
• Cloud Cruiser product tour
• Q & A
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A Quick Intro
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• Cloud analytics for all stages of the adoption lifecycle
• Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, and more
• Customers include the largest enterprises and service providers in the world
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Top 3 Optimization Tools for Hybrid Cloud
What-If RI Advisor Insights
Model a potentialfuture state based on
actual usage
Maximize AWS savings in a simplified way
and perform those actions
Pinpoint opportunitiesto save money and
operate with efficiency
poll question
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Shorten the distance from
Insight to Decision to Action
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‘Are all of our VMs being utilized efficiently?’
Common (Costly) Questions
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‘Did my usage suddenly deviate from the usual pattern?’
‘Do my apps have enough CPU capacity?’
‘Where do I go to optimize this resource?’
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Target Zones for Cloud Optimization
Orphaned VMs
Underutilized VMs
Overutilized VMs
EBS volumes
ElastiCache hosts
Redshift clusters
RDS instances
By Division, Department or BU
By Project or App
By Provider
Provider rate changes
VMs AWS Services Changes in Usage Price Changes
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Understanding Insights
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● Rules-based recommendation engine• Examines most recent data• Applies thresholds and filters to flag items for action• Rules are Cloud Cruiser best practice-based or customized
● ‘Real-time’ problem identification• Cost savings opportunities• Resource optimization• Unusual changes in behavior
● Deep links you to provider portal to take action
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Insights Best PracticesIdentify the highest cost / highest impact resources first● Understand your KPIs (eg. cost by BU, usage by VM size, etc.)
Define the “thresholds"● When should I notice? (percent of change)● When should I care? (absolute value)
Decide what action to take● Downsize VMs, offload expensive storage, justify budget increase
Identify who can take action● Key stakeholders and decision-makers
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Product Tour
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Key Takeaways
● There are many opportunities to optimize
● Identify the potential big hits first
● Set triggers for what’s meaningful, what matters
● Automate, or you’ll drown in data
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Q&A
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Thanks for joining us today! Let’s connect!
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Cloud CruiserLearn more about Cloud Cruiser Insights with
these short How-To videos:
Configuring the Default Insights
Creating a New Insight
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