The client was running 13 microservices across two environments and wanted to reduce costs. BuildPiper was used to instantly build ARM64 base images for all 13 microservices, enabling a switch to cheaper AWS Graviton instances. This reduced monthly costs by 50%, from $2400 to $1200, by migrating from Intel processors to Graviton processors powered by BuildPiper's multi-architecture image support.

1. Graviton Migration
on
Achieve Cost
Efficiency
With
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2. Client Scenario
2 ENV's running EKS workload
In Staging Env, 13 microservices running
with spot instances as worker nodes
1313
In Prod Env, 13 microservices running with
On-demand instances as worker nodes
"Need of Further Cost Efficiency"
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3. Proposed Further Efficiency
Moving from AMD/Intel
processors to
AWS Graviton, based
Instances
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4. But !
But, how to create that many
arch images
instantly
For getting into Graviton They
Needed
ARM 64 arch base image
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5. Solved It Instantly Through
BuildPiper
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6. With BuildPiper !
BP CI supported building multi-arch images instantly
Built ARM64 base images for All 13 microservices
for Staging En
Implemented Graviton worker nodes for both
Staging and Prod Env
WorWorker Nodes for staging Env
ker Nodes for staging Env
"Buildpiper CI Mutli-arch support for building
container Images and AWS EC2 Graviton
instances are yet another cost reduction lever"
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7. So, How Much Cost Was Saved ?
Before Graviton
After Graviton empowered by
BuildPiper
On-Demand instances (Intel Processors) Cost $2400/month.
(Approx 10 EC2)
or Staging En
On-Demand Graviton Cost $1200/monthly
A 50% Cost Reduction
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