Introduction to AWS Ground Station
AWS Ground Station offers the Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) program, designed to help customers assess and optimize their on-premises and cloud environments. This program empowers users to analyze their resource utilization, third-party licensing, and application dependencies to make informed decisions for their cloud journey.
Benefits of AWS OLA
The AWS OLA provides a comprehensive report that models deployment options based on actual resource usage and existing licensing entitlements. This helps users uncover potential cost savings through flexible licensing options, rightsizing resources, and optimizing cloud infrastructure.
Rightsizing Your Resources
With AWS OLA, users can optimize the resource utilization of their workloads by using a tool-based discovery approach. This tooling offers insights into compute resources and helps identify the best Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS instance sizes and types for each workload. Users can determine the right mix of on-demand and spot instances, BYOL and license-included instances, as well as dedicated hosts and savings plans tailored to their environment.
Cost Reduction
Running workloads in the cloud requires fewer instances and licenses due to cloud elasticity. AWS OLA offers 60% greater license efficiency, reducing overprovisioning of third-party licensing which can increase the total cost of ownership. By using the recommendations from AWS OLA, users can maximize value and configure instances to require fewer licenses, adapting their on-premises licensing strategy for a smoother cloud migration.
Flexible Licensing Options
Avoid unnecessary licensing costs with AWS OLA by modeling licensing scenarios, such as license-included or BYOL instances. This flexibility allows for managing seasonal workloads and agile experimentation. The program models both dedicated and license-included environments, enabling users to pay for what they use and optimize cloud compute and licensing costs.
Supported Workloads
AWS OLA supports various workloads including Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server on Amazon EC2, VMware-based workloads to AWS, and Oracle Database and Oracle business applications. Each workload is analyzed to optimize instances, licensing, and performance to maximize cost savings and efficiency.
Customer Testimonials
Customers like Pearson, Giunti Psychometrics, CentralSquare Technologies, and Acentra Health have seen significant benefits from using AWS OLA. These testimonials highlight the cost savings, performance improvements, and ease of migration achieved by utilizing the program.
Get Started with AWS OLA
Learn how to start using AWS OLA to optimize your cloud infrastructure for maximum efficiency and cost reduction. With AWS OLA, users can gain valuable insights into their resource usage, licensing needs, and application dependencies to make informed decisions for their cloud migration.