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Cloud Computing
Case Study: Cost Optimisation Strategies for Unisco
Purpose: Evaluate various applications of cloud computing.
- Evaluate cloud core services including compute, storage, Virtual Private Cloud, databases, Elastic Load Balancing and other services.
- Apply fundamental cloud architecture and security concepts to the design of cloud solutions.
Case Study: Cost Optimisation Strategies for Unisco
Unisco is a medium-sized Australian company which employs about 5,000 people. Unisco has its headquarter in Sydney, and has a branch office in each capital city of state/territory. Unisco has recently migrated to Amazon's cloud platform. Unisco also keeps a private cloud for security concerns. Unisco's IT infrastructure consists of a private cloud and public cloud services provided by Azamon (e.g. IaaS, PaaS, IDaaS, etc.). Private cloud is used to run business-critical applications and store business-confidential data. Public cloud is used for other general applications and data storage, in an effort to reduce expenditure on IT infrastructure. To take the advantage of reduced costs, Unisco uses following cloud services provided by Amazon AWS:
• EC2
• Elastic Beanstalk
• Elastic Container Service (ECS)
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• Amazon S3
• Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
• Amazon RDS
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon VPC
• Amazon site-to-site VPN
• AWS Direct Connect
• Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
• Amazon CloudFront
The management of Unisco is aware of the cost-saving benefits of cloud-based services. They would like to leverage the advantages of cloud services in terms of cost-saving. As an AWS-certified cloud service practitioner, you have been hired to propose cost optimisation strategies for Unisco. You are required to complete following tasks:
Question 1. Discuss AWS Cost Management Tools offered by Amazon. Explain how they work and what benefits they can bring.
Question 2. Propose some cost optimisation strategies that Unisco can employ to reduce its expenditure on IT infrastructure and services. Ideally, your proposed strategies should provide cost-savings for (but not limited to) following categories of services:
• Compute
• Storage
• Networking
• Database
Format your answers in a proper format, with an opening section called Introduction and a closing section called Conclusion (or Summary). Submit a report of no more than 2,000 words (excluding references).
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