Azure Reserved VM Instances Made Simple
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The document outlines the benefits and management of Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs), highlighting features such as significant cost savings, flexibility, and ease of purchasing. CloudHealth Technologies provides a four-step approach for managing these RIs, including rightsizing VMs, planning purchases, modifying reservations, and monitoring for new opportunities. The company boasts a strong market presence with deep expertise in cloud management, helping customers optimize their cloud spending.
Azure Reserved VM Instances Made Simple
- 1. Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances Made Simple
- 2. 2 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Today’s Presenters Reid Scrivener Senior Business Planner Microsoft Samir Mehra Director, Products CloudHealth Technologies
- 3. 3 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.Who is CloudHealth Technologies? 2.Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances Overview 3.Managing Azure RIs with CloudHealth – 4 Steps 4.Wrap-up Agenda
- 4. 4 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Who is CloudHealth Technologies? • Deep Domain Expertise • $86 Million in Venture Capital Raised • 600+ Direct Customers • 1,500+ Channel Customers through 85+ Partners • 210+ Employees • Headquartered in Boston, MA • Offices located in San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Sydney & Singapore
- 5. 5 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. million 1.1 By The Numbers 99.99% yearly platform uptime 600 assets PER MONTH… 1.2 million policies evaluated 365,000 emails sent $50 million in monthly RI purchases PER DAY… 14 million instances 600PB S3 usage 8TB bills processed 400,000 perspectives/ groups 305,000 cubes generated 3,000 reports generated billion API calls $4.1 in cloud spend managed per year billion
- 6. 6 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Cloud Spend Managed by CloudHealth
- 7. Azure Reserved VM Instances
- 8. 8 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. à Reserve virtual machines in advance à Select 1- or 3-year terms with significant benefits à Available today Azure Reserved VM Instances Significant cost savings up to 82%* over pay-as-you-go models Flexibility to modify reservations and simplicity of purchase Budget predictability and prioritized compute capacity
- 9. 9 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Simplicity meets flexibility Assign to optimize savings Exchange as business needs evolve Cancel at any time Allocate RIs to the organization or an individual subscription Exchange to a new instance and location* Cancel directly with Microsoft for a pro- rated refund** Purchase with ease Select only: Region VM series/size Term No OS commitment *New RI will be for full 12 or 36-month term and must be of equal or greater value based on the pro-rated amount of original purchase **Early Termination Fee of 12% applies to the pro-rated refund. Total refund amount capped per calendar year at $50k USD
- 10. 10 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. • Assign the RI purchase to theAzure account or an individual subscription • Assignment is done at purchase but can be changed at any time, and as many times, during the term of the RI • This helps isolate the RI savings to individual subscriptions for internal charge backs or accounting if needed Assignment R&D Accounting
- 11. 11 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. • Exchange a RI for another RI at any time • All features of the RI can be changed, including the instance family, size, data center, and term • The time remaining will serve as a credit applied to the new RI purchase • The new RI purchase must be of equal or greater value than the pro-rated amount • The new RI purchase will be for the full 1-year or 3-year term Exchange 1 yr D3v2 VM USE2 = $1298 1 yr L8 VM EUW = $5751 Exchange in month 8 $432
- 12. 12 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. • Cancel a RI at any time • Apro-rated refund will be provided minus a 12% early termination fee • You may receive up to $50,000 USD in cancelled funds back per calendar year Cancel 1 yr D3v2 VM USE2 = $1298 Cancel in month 8 $432
- 13. 13 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Maximize cost savings D3v2 Windows VM (US West 2) D3v2 Reserved VM (US West 2) Windows On-demand instance running 24x7x365 D3v2 Reserved VM (US West 2) Windows Server 4-core** Total: $4,301 1-year Reserved Instance with Windows Subscription inAzure 1-year Reserved Instance + Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows $1,082 $1,612 Total: $2,694 37% SAVINGS $1,082 $168 Total: $1,250 70% SAVINGS *(4) 2-core Windows Server Standard Open Value Subscription ** Windows Server 4-core meter running 24x7x365 (only charged when VM is active)
- 14. Managing Reserved Instances With CloudHealth — 4 Steps
- 15. 15 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Step 1: Rightsize Your VMs • Before you purchase any Reserved VM Instances, you must first make sure your workloads are using the right instance types • Gain insight across CPU, memory, & disk for confident decisions • Analyze by Perspective
- 16. 16 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. • Considerations: Will you purchase based on budget? Or on coverage? - CHT best practice is 70% reservation coverage • Determine frequency: monthly, quarterly, continually? - CHT best practice is to continuously monitor for opportunities for savings with RI purchases • Centralized or delegated purchases? - CHT best practice is to purchase centralized RI Purchasing strategies Step 2: Plan and model your RI buy
- 17. 17 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Step 2: Plan and model your RI buy • Get recommendations on which reservations to purchase • Understand payback period and savings
- 18. 18 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Step 3: Modify reservations • Change the Scope from Single Subscription to Shared, or vice versa. • Exchange Reserved VM Instances across any region and series. • Cancel your Reserved VM Instances at any time for an adjusted refund. • Maximize your ROI by modifying Reservations
- 19. 19 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. Step 4: Monitor for new opportunities and underutilized reservations • Keep an eye on underutilized reservations, you can cancel • Look for areas with high on-demand usage, there may be opportunities for additional savings with reservations • Stay on top of expiring reservations! • Leveraging CloudHealth’s soon to be released reports on Azure Reserved VM Instances, you can quickly identify when your pay-as- you-go workloads have outgrown your Reserved Instance purchases.
- 20. 20 © 2018 CLOUDHEALTH® TECHNOLOGIES INC. • Easily model out reservation purchases to understand ROI and make the best decisions • Get alerts on underutilized reservations and opportunities for purchasing new reservations so your environment is continuously optimized The End Result: What CloudHealth Customers Get
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