Cost Optimization Best Practices from Trend Micro

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Cliff Chao-kuan Lu, DCS, Trend Micro

Dec. 1st, 2015

Cost Optimization Best Practices from Trend Micro

Cliff Chao-kuan Lu 呂昭寬• Trend Micro Inc., DCS, AWS-PS• AWS User Group in Taiwan• Full-stack Web Developer• Certified Pro-Level AWS SA

Trend Micro Inc.

• Leader in IT security• Advanced technology partner since 2012• DCS became consulting partner 2015• 200+ AWS accounts from 50+ service teams

Consolidated Billing

• Share reserved resources• Volume discount• Enterprise support

Reviewing our Bills

Cloud is the New Normal

• 10x growth in 2 ½ years• RI on Q1 every year

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Reserved Instances

• Used to be part of budget execution• Rolled out Moneyman for central management 2015-03

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Cost Fraction by Category

• %EC2 dropped from 80% to 60%• 16% increase for managed services

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Get `Cloudy`

• Budgeted service migrated to AWS in 2015• Replace Mogile FS with S3• 20% cost saving from elasticity and capacity in the cloud• Better data durability

Re-Architecture

• Log-stream buffering service• Node.js, Redis, and MongoDB on EC2• Recommended API Gateway, Lambda, and Kinesis

• Saves 50% running cost• Improved availability and scalability

Or, Not to Re-Architecture

• Footprint: 100 Windows servers, 4 stages• Planning migration to AWS in 2016• Lift and shift• ~20% Cost reduction compared to on-premises

designed 5+ years ago• Another 20% allocating stacks only when needed

Key Takeaway

• There’s no lock-in• Managed services are performant and low cost• Stop or free unused resources • Reserved resources for baseline load and save more

Thank you!