Having trouble choosing between two providers or infrastructure solutions? Join us to find out about the 10 factors you should always keep in mind when you evaluate costs, plus feedback from several OVH customers about their experiences in this area.

2. PRESENTEDBYOUR ADVICE FOR EVALUATING
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
MAXIME HURTREL
PRODUCT MANAGER (CONTAINERS & OBSERVABILITY)
@crazyman
ROOM 4
3:30 PM

3. SUMMARY
Selecting the right tools for the job
IaaS focus: “apples to apples” comparison
Features you musn’t forget
Customer feedback: Freepik
Customer feedback: Arcade Beauty

4. THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS

5. THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
IaaS PaaS SaaS
Small initial cost,
with SLAs
--- -- -
Per-use cost at scale - -- ---
Provider lock-in - -- ---
No need for admin.
skills and time
+ ++ +++
Quick time-to-
market
+ ++ +++

6. THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB
2015 PIERRE AUDOIN CONSULTANTS
54%
46%
16%
SaaS IaaS PaaS
5
AVERAGE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS
SUNGARD AS FR

7. PRINCIPLE #1: STAY IN CONTROL
RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF YOUR BUSINESS’ “SECRET
SAUCE”
EXAMPLE:
• AI PLATFORM TRAINING

8. PRINCIPLE #2: WHAT TO LOOK FOR
SAAS – BEST-IN-CLASS
BUT ALWAYS LOOK FOR:
> EXHAUSTIVE APIS AND TRIGGERS
> “OUT-OF-THE-BOX” INTEGRATIONS

9. COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES
TITLE OF THE CHAPTER
Virtualised Servers:
Check what’s behind
the “vCore”

10. COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES
Bare metal
cooling
and storage tricks

11. PRINCIPLE #3: BENCHMARK
IF YOU’RE RUNNING MORE THAN FOUR CPUS, OR
EXPERIENCING STORAGE CHALLENGES,
RUN A BENCHMARK

12. NETWORK DEEP DIVE
INTERFACE:
> CONNECTIVTY
> PEERING AND LATENCY
PUBLIC NETWORK COSTS ARE DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT
BEWARE OF INTERSERVICES TRAFFIC

13. PRINCIPLE #4: PLAN FOR THE
WORST
EVALUATE NETWORK TRAFFIC, BASED ON THE
WORST CASE SCENARIO.
THINK GLOBAL, MACRO AND MICRO.

14. BEYOND THE SERVER
VALUE SELFCARE TOOLS
EVALUATE INCIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS

15. PRINCIPLE #5: PLAY IT LONG TERM
CONSIDER 1-YEAR VS. 3-YEAR PLANS…
WOULD YOU MAKE THE SAME TECH CHOICES
WITHOUT THE FREE TIERS OR COMMERCIAL
GESTURE?

16. PRINCIPLE #6: CHECK ALL SLAS
ALWAYS EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF SPECIFIC
CONDITIONS (MULTI-REGIONS, ETC.) ON YOUR
PROVIDER

17. REVERSIBILITY
Technical possibilities
Time
Cost

18. PRINCIPLE #7: CONSIDER
REVERSIBILITY
SIMULATE AND DOCUMENT REVERSIBILITY
EVALUATE THE COST AND EFFORT INVOLVED

19. PRINCIPLE #8: HAVE A BACKUP PLAN
CHECK THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE VIABLE
ALTERNATIVE, OFFERING THE SAME STANDARD API

20. PRINCIPLE #9: TALK!
DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR PEERS!