AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment

Optimize resource utilization of your workloads with our tool-based discovery approach. Our tooling offers insight into compute resources and helps to identify the best Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) instance size and type for each workload. Determine the right mix of on-demand and spot instances, Bring your Own Licenses (BYOL) and license-included instances, as well as dedicated hosts and savings plans tailored for your environment.

Running workloads in the cloud requires fewer instances and licenses due to the elasticity of the cloud. Optimizing your cloud infrastructure is key to reducing costs, and performing an AWS OLA offers 60% greater license efficiency. Overprovisioning third-party licensing increases your total cost of ownership. Use the recommendations from an AWS OLA to maximize value and configure instances to require fewer licenses. Adapt your on-premises licensing strategy for a smoother cloud migration.

Avoid unnecessary licensing costs with the results of the AWS OLA. Model licensing scenarios, including license-included or BYOL instances, for flexibility in managing seasonal workloads and agile experimentation. An AWS OLA models both dedicated and license-included environments, letting you pay for what you use to get the most out of your cloud compute and licensing costs.

Research has shown that when migrating to AWS, customers can reduce the cost of Windows Server licenses by an average of 77% and SQL Server licenses by an average of 45%. Running the same workloads in the cloud requires fewer instances and significantly reduces costs. The AWS OLA analysis will model your Microsoft SQL Server workloads on AWS, using CPU core optimization, database consolidation, and SQL Server edition optimization to reduce licensing costs without reducing performance.

Gain insights into your existing VMware environment including licensing, infrastructure resource usage, storage, dependencies, and costs when migrating VMware workloads to AWS. Understand the different migration pathways that align with your overall cloud strategy. An AWS OLA helps assess your on-premises and cloud environments, and provide recommendations to optimize instances and licensing for your VMware environment prior to migration. Maximize cost savings and optimize performance on AWS.

An assessment of over 5,700 Oracle instances indicated that running Oracle on AWS required an average of 35% fewer cores than on premises. For additional savings, 47% of databases were identified as good candidates for utilizing Oracle Standard edition instead of the more expensive Oracle Enterprise edition. 50% of databases were well suited for migration to the cost-effective open-source platform PostgreSQL. Run an AWS OLA and identify the best options for your environment.