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Reserved Instances

Making the Right Move with Newvem

By Cameron Peron

VP Marketing/Business Development

cameron@newvem.com | @cameronperon

4 Sept 2012

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“Reserved Instances are one of only means for heavy users to

benefit from AWS while remaining spend efficient”

Zev Laderman, CEO & Co-Founder, Newvem

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What Are Reserved Instances (Ris)?

Reserved Instances are an excellent solution to save on consistent AWS usage.

On-Demand Reserved Instances Terms Pay-as-you-go 1-3 contract Flexible yes no

Additional Savings None 35-55%

On-Demand Instances vs. Reserved Instances

- Reserved Instances have been around for a long time.

- Excellent means for heavy users to save 35-50% off

their AWS bill.

- Allow enterprise clouds to onboard Amazon cloud and

gain the most advanced benefits of AWS’s public cloud

technology.

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Can My Cloud Benefit?

It’s all about consistent usage

A few ground rules to understand if Reserved Instances

are right for your cloud:

1. Consistent Usage. You must find areas in your cloud

that have consistent usage levels over a long period

of time.

2. Flexibility. Reserved Instances require 1-3 year

commitments or ‘locks in to usage’. If your cloud

demands flexibility, then On-Demand is a better move.

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How Do I Make the Move?

Finding Consistent Usage Is the Biggest Challenge

Newvem’s Reserved Instance Decision Making tool take

the headache out in finding consistent usage in your AWS

cloud by:

1) Revealing specific usage patterns and area of your

Cloud that would benefit from moving to Reserved

Instances

2) Analyzing Reserved Instance utilization

effectiveness and activity.

3) Alerting you when Reserved Instances are about

to expire and the best course of action between

renewing or moving to On-Demand.

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How It Works: Does Your Cloud Qualify?

Step 1: Newvem reveals Reserved Instance opportunities on a on-going basis over your cloud

Reserved Instance opportunity revealed

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How It Works: How Much Can You Save?

Step 2: Newvem provides details of Reserved Instance opportunities to help you in your decision

Reserved Instance Opportunity Details: - $900 monthly savings - Recommend Reserved

Instance Purchase Count - Priority (ie critical)

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How It Works: Which Part of My Cloud?

Step 3: Newvem drills down on a machine level opportunities to move to Reserved

Reserved instance recommendation details, including: - Specific RI plan type - Monthly savings potential over 1-3 year contract periods - How efficiently each machine is being utilized

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How It Works: Is It Really Working?

Step 4: Newvem follows up with utilization analyses on each Reserved Instance machine

Newvem’s RI decision making tool drill down per on-demand instance - Machine type details - Utilization efficiency over specific time

periods in granularity of hours

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Want to learn more on Reserved Instances?

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How much can you save?

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