When we talk to customers we frequently hear that Cloud Compute (EC2, Compute Engine, Azure Virtual Machines) is the #1 source of cost in their cloud environment. Compute cost is considered difficult to reduce because it’s at the core of many mission critical applications and Engineering teams are wary of risking the production (or even dev) environment in the name of saving costs.
That said, there is one low-hanging fruit that companies tend to ignore - block storage (AWS EBS, GCP Persistent Disk, Azure Disk Storage). When a compute instance is spun up it comes with an associated hard disk, which is billed separately from the instance itself. When a company runs many instances and does not police the usage of hard disks, the cost can add up quite significantly. This is especially true for spot instances because they very rarely take advantage of, say, a 100 GB hard disk, while it’s common to see those as the default for spot instances.
We recommend that any company with a significant compute deployment to look into their block storage bill and consider the size of their compute volumes. We also offer a free tool that helps to detect unused EBS instances in all regions. The tool has already saved companies hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Feel free to ask for a demo on the website or shoot us an email at blockstorage@underspend.com. No strings attached.
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We’re also developing cutting edge technologies to reduce compute costs without changing your code and without risking the production environment. If you want to spend less on your compute shoot us an email at compute@underspend.com.
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