Project MOSAIC AWS Price Optimization
Clinical Trial
CLOUD OPTIMIZATION CENTER
To provide advice and assistance to researchers who want to take advantage of cloud
resources
To help researchers save money on cloud infrastructure
To provide pricing and contract terms that are more flexible and suitable for
researchers
Cloud optimization center
Purpose
Cloud optimization
center
Community of Practice: A central hub where all UC San Diego AWS users can congregate to ask or
answer questions, document, research, discuss, collaborate, and support campus AWS efforts.
Slack team: UCSD Tech
channel: #aws_cloudystuff
Project MOSAIC: Mechanics Of Spend Aggregation In the Cloud ­ An ongoing partnership of ITS­
coordinated campus­wide AWS accounts grouped by financial vertical into consolidated billing families;
Research, Instruction, Enterprise, HIPAA, Other.
Ongoing analysis of enjoined AWS accounts to provide incremental savings through small billing and
infrastructural adjustments. 
AWS Price Optimization Clinical Trial: Analysis of usage, spend analysis, monthly review. Cost savings
targeted and based upon analysis. Sponsorship via account subsidies for up to six months.
What is this?
Project MOSAIC
Simple index­recharge billing for AWS account(s).
Funded from your ledger, managed by you.
Incremental volume savings based upon use.
Shared responsibility model simplifies roles.
Configure automated report to your fund manager.
Consolidated Billing Benefits
Managed, consolidated billing.
Discounts, credits, fee waivers.
Cloud Usage reviews and recommendations.
You retain full technical control.
Concierge escalation and service. 
Accounts can leave Consolidated Billing at any time, and changes reverted. Billing must be reconfigured.
What is this?
AWS Price Optimization
Clinical Trial
Existing AWS account(s).
Existing, roughly consistent, monthly spend.
Agree to limit large changes to spend.
Agree to provide READ­ONLY billing access.
Agree to join Consolidated Billing.
Inspection and Review 
Purpose: To see how much money we can save researchers
by using long­term reserved instances and sharing them in
on­demand ways ...
Needed: If Accepted:
AWS use subsidized by ITS ­ up to six months.
Managed, consolidated billing.
Incremental ongoing cost savings.
Cloud Usage reviews and recommendations.
You retain full technical control.
Concierge escalation and service. 
At termination of trial period, all changes can be reverted or account can remain in ITS Project MOSAIC.
A Partnership between ITS, SDSC, Health Sciences IT & support from Amazon and UCOP
bpollak@ucsd.edu
Apply for the
Price Optmization Clinical Trial

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