The document provides insights on AWS cost optimization techniques presented at a meetup by Madan Ganesh Velayudham. It emphasizes monitoring cloud usage, understanding billing models, and implementing budget alerts, as well as offering practical tips such as removing unused resources and leveraging different instance pricing models. The goal is to help users save money and improve efficiency within their cloud environments.

1. AWS COST OPTIMISATION
MADE EASY
AWS, DevOps, Docker Meetup
Feb 18, 2017

2. Madan Ganesh Velayudham | Founder CEO & CTO | ActOnMagic Technologies

3. TAKEAWAYS FOR YOU - LEARN HOW TO CONTINUE TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR CLOUD
Understanding AWS
Cloud Billing
Monitor your
Cloud Usage
AWS Cost Optimisation
Tips

4. AWS CLOUD BILLING

5. PRICING MODELS
ON-DEMAND RESERVED SPOT
DEDICATED SUSTAINED DISCOUNTS SERVER-LESS

7. MONITOR CLOUD USAGE

8. BUDGET ALERTS & COST ALLOCATION TAGS
➤ Set Budget Alerts
➤ Tags to describe
➤ Business unit,
➤ Ownership,
➤ Cost Center

9. ENABLE DETAILED MONITORING
➤ Cost Allocation CSV
➤ Detailed Billing CSV
➤ Aware of AWS Pricing APIs:
https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/
v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/index.json

10. COST OPTIMISATION TIPS

11. ADDRESS RESOURCE LEAKAGES
Unused Volumes
Unused IPs
Redundant Snapshots

12. PAY AS YOU USE USE WHEN YOU NEED
Power Off When you dont need
Power On only when you need

13. XXXXXXXXXL? WHAT IS RIGHT SIZE?

14. AUTOSCALE

15. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INSTANCE TYPES/PRICING MODELS
On-Demand Reserved instances Spot Instances
Server-less

16. 7 TIPS
1. Remove Unattached EBS Volumes
2. Remove Unused Elastic IPs
3. Use Private IP to do data transfer within the same region
4. Power Off QA instances when not in use
5. Consider using Spot Instances for batch processing
6. Use Autoscaling for unpredictable workload
7. Leverage Reserved Instance Pricing for predictable and
consistent workloads to take advantage of discounts
Consider Cheaper/MultiCloud Options

17. THANK YOU
WWW.ACTONCLOUD.COM
Q&A
madan@actonmagic.com