Large e-commerce company
A large e-commerce company paid too much for a complex setup spread across several clouds. A Well-Architected review found the waste, and the fixes cut the cost by 25%.
The facts
The result
25% lower cloud costCloud infrastructure cost, after the review and its fixes
10% came at once from right-sizing.
Cloud infrastructure cost, before the review = 100
The challenge
- High cloud cost from a complex setup across several clouds.
- Resources that were idle or oversized.
- No tagging strategy, so no clear view of who spent what.
- Performance bottlenecks that added to the cost.
- No sound way to evaluate cloud cost.
What we did
- Ran a Well-Architected review of the whole architecture.
- Right-sized resources to real use, and set up auto-scaling.
- Introduced a tagging strategy for management and cost tracking.
- Load-tested to find and fix performance problems.
- Built a total cost of ownership model, from provisioning to traffic and storage.
What came of it
- Total costCloud infrastructure cost fell by 25% after the review was carried out.
- First stepRight-sizing and auto-scaling cut cost by 10% straight away.
- Performance and operationsCloud performance and operational efficiency improved.
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