Hybrid Cost Optimization

Randall is the Lead Infrastructure/CloudOps engineer and oversees hybrid architectures in the cloud migration initiative Eddie is driving. Randall is in charge of identifying potential cloud migration components within Bridge-To-Posibili-Tea’s production environment based on potential performance gains and cost reductions.

Current situation

There are multiple dimensions that need to be considered while working on infrastructure cost optimization, especially if you are moving to the cloud:

• Cloud overprovisioning
• Data transfered in and out of the cloud
• Underutilization of cloud and on-premises resources

Accurately identifying the resources needed and where to place them (on-prem or in the cloud) to optimally run a production environment is a complicated balancing act if done manually with non-correlated/siloed data.

Cisco’s FSO - Hybrid Cost Optimization

Cisco’s FSO Hybrid Cost Optimization leverages the compound synergy between AppDynamics and Intersight Workload Optimizer (IWO) to suggest the infrastructure changes needed to optimize performnace while minimizing cost.

The effort needed to get, not necessarily, similar results using multiple vendors’ products diverts significant valuable resources out of focusing on growing the business. Additionally, by doing so, you are expanding your responsabilities beyond what really matters.

AppDynamics continous performance measurement allows IWO to have the right data to identify where infrastructure improvements can be made without you or your team having to invest too many resources to do so.

Why should Randall care?

As any other digital transformation success’ evaluation, Bridge-To-Posibili-Tea’s will include among others:

• Cost reduction
• Resilience increase
• Reliability increase
• Performance increase
• Scalability

Without baselining the original state of the production environment and a systematic way of measuring and delivering improvements in the above mentioned verticals Randall will be hard-pressed to meet any commitments agreed for the digital transformation effort let alone measure and document the results.

The more time it takes for Randall to realize how the changes made to the infrastructure are actually impacting the business bottom line the more costly the needed adjustments will be, so introducing a reliable tight feedback loop early on is an strategic decision that will free up resources while securing performance.

Cisco’s FSO - Hybrid Cost Optimization powered by AppDynamics + IWO provides a reliable way for Randall to identify, implement and measure the results of the infrastructure changes needed to meet the goals originally set forth without requiring too many resources.

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We’ll look at the built in dashboards provided by Intersight that provide visibility into improving performance, cost, and compliance.