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Tune Your Cloud: From Cloud Insights to Actions

© 2016 Cloud Cruiser | www.cloudcruiser.com

Meet our speakers

Deirdre MahonCMO & Head of Customer Success

Cloud Cruiser

Paul ZinnSenior Director, Products

Cloud Cruiser


Today’s Topics

• Cloud Cruiser intro

• Understanding Insights

• Common questions

• Best practices

• Cloud Cruiser product tour

• Q & A


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


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


Shorten the distance from

Insight to Decision to Action


‘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?’


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


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


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


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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