The University of California IT Center of Excellence has amended the UC-wide AWS agreement to waive all AWS Data Egress Fees for eligible UC AWS accounts. The waiver applies to fees for transferring data from AWS to the internet, not within AWS. It covers all UC AWS accounts except those for commercial web hosting, media streaming, or MOOCs. To qualify, over 80% of the account's data egress must be through approved research networks like CENIC or Internet2. The maximum waiver per account is 15% of the total monthly AWS service fees for that account.
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The UC AWS Data Egress Waiver Explained
1. The UC AWS Data Egress Waiver
Explained
Kurt Ewoldsen
2. The University of California IT Center of Excellence (COE) Procurement
Services is pleased to announce an amendment to the existing UC AWS
agreement that results in the waiver of all AWS Data Egress Fees for UC AWS
accounts within the following parameters:
• Applies to fees for transfer of data from AWS to the Internet, and not fees
for transfer of data within or between AWS services
• Applies to all UC AWS accounts covered under the UC-wide AWS
Agreement, except those accounts used for:
– Commercial Web Hosting
– Media Streaming
– Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
• To be eligible, 80%+ of data egress under the account must be via an
approved National Research and Education Network (NREN). This includes
CENIC and Internet2, so normal UC usage meets this requirement.
• The total Data Egress Fee waiver per account will not exceed 15% of the
total monthly fees for all AWS services under that account
3. Applies to fees for transfer of data from AWS to the Internet,
and not fees for transfer of data within or between AWS
services
4. • Applies to all UC AWS accounts covered
under the UC-wide AWS Agreement,
except those accounts used for:
–Commercial Web Hosting
–Media Streaming
–Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs)
5. • To be eligible, 80%+ of data egress under the
account must be via an approved National
Research and Education Network (NREN). This
includes CENIC and Internet2, so normal UC
usage meets this requirement.
6. The total Data Egress Fee waiver per account will not exceed
15% of the total monthly fees for all AWS services under that
account
Total Monthly AWS Costs $30,000
15% $4,500
Data Egress Costs
First GB @ $0.000 per GB = $0
First 10TB @ $0.090 per GB = $922
Next 40TB @ $0.085 per GB = $3,482
Data Transfer Out for 50TB = $4,403
7. The total Data Egress Fee waiver per account will not exceed
15% of the total monthly fees for all AWS services under that
account
Total Monthly AWS Costs $30,000 $3,000 $300 $30
15% $4,500 $450 $45 $5
Data Egress Costs
First GB @ $0.000 per GB = $0 $0 $0 $0
First 10TB @ $0.090 per GB = $922 $922 $922 $922
Next 40TB @ $0.085 per GB = $3,482 $3,482 $3,482 $3,482
Data Transfer Out for 50TB = $4,403 $4,403 $4,403 $4,403
Total Monthly AWS Costs $30,000 $3,000 $300 $30
15% $4,500 $450 $45 $5
Waiver Covered Data Egress (GB) 5,000 500 50
8. 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
Bandwidth/Cost Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Annual (est)
$0.000 per GB - first 1 GB of
data transferred out per
month
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
$0.090 per GB - up to 10 TB
/ month data transfer out
$525.21 $921.51 $921.51 $859.36 $921.51 $459.49 $314.62 $382.66 $438.25
$0.085 per GB - next 40 TB /
month data transfer out
$0.00 $1,190.96 $10.47 $0.00 $113.44 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Subtotal $525.21 $2,112.47 $931.98 $859.36 $1,034.95 $459.49 $314.62 $382.66 $438.25
Waiver Refund $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $459.89 $314.88 $382.88 $438.63 $1,596.28
Total $525.21 $2,112.47 $931.98 $859.36 $1,034.95 -$0.40 -$0.26 -$0.22 -$0.38
-$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$1,000.00
$1,500.00
$2,000.00
$2,500.00
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
9. How do I see the waiver impact on my monthly
AWS invoice?
In May of this year, the UC AWS system-wide agreement was granted a fee waiver for data transferred out of the AWS environment that meets certain conditions.
The first condition is that the data transfers be from AWS to the Internet. This waiver has no effect on fees for transferring data between AWS services, availability zones or regions.
The second condition is that the data transfer not be associated with commercial web hosting, media streaming, or MOOCs.
The third condition is that the data must be transferred to an approved NREN, which includes CENIC and Internet2.
The final condition is that the waiver will only cover data transfer fees up to 15% of the total AWS charges on an account for a given month.
Well, that means CDL can waive fees for ~50TB of data transfers, but what about those that have a smaller footprint/monthly bill?
So, what was the bottom line impact of the fee waiver for CDL? Since the waiver took effect in June, we have saved about $1,600.
If you look at your monthly invoice in the AWS console, you should see a “Refund” line item, which generates a credit, and has one or more invoices under it. These invoices will not specifically stated that they come from the data egress waiver, they will simply say they are for EC2 services.
