AWS Prescriptive Guidance Cost optimization strategy for SAP workloads in the AWS Cloud
Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Intended audience ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Targeted business outcomes ...................................................................................................................... 2
Pricing models ................................................................................................................................. 3
On-Demand .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Savings Plans ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Dedicated Hosts ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Reserved Instances ....................................................................................................................................... 4
AWS services .................................................................................................................................... 6
Cost optimization process .......................................................................................................................... 6
Cost optimization services .......................................................................................................................... 7
AWS Cost Explorer .................................................................................................................................. 8
AWS Trusted Advisor .............................................................................................................................. 8
AWS Compute Optimizer ....................................................................................................................... 8
AWS Config ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Storage optimization services .................................................................................................................... 9
Logical Volume Manager ....................................................................................................................... 9
Amazon S3 lifecycle policy ................................................................................................................. 10
Amazon EBS volumes .......................................................................................................................... 10
Amazon EFS lifecycle policy ............................................................................................................... 10
FAQ ................................................................................................................................................. 12
How does AWS pricing work? .................................................................................................................. 12
Where can I find more information about AWS Savings Plans? ....................................................... 12
How does SAP work on AWS? ................................................................................................................. 12
How do I migrate SAP workloads to AWS? .......................................................................................... 12
Does automating SAP operations reduce costs? ................................................................................. 12
What types of services does AWS offer for SAP? ................................................................................ 13
Which SAP use cases does AWS support? ............................................................................................ 13
Next steps ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Resources ........................................................................................................................................ 15
AWS pricing models ................................................................................................................................... 15
SAP support documentation ................................................................................................................... 15
Other resources .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Document history .......................................................................................................................... 16
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