Migration Clarity with Cloud VM Advisor
Provide due diligence for customers before migration to Azure begins, with accurate cloud usage planning and cost predictions provided by the deep machine learning technologies of Octopus Cloud VM Advisor.
Lead your customers’ migration decisions with deep analysis
Service providers have a huge opportunity to lead their customers’ cloud migration to Azure. But such transformative decisions can’t be taken blindly. They need to be based on accurate information that can pinpoint the right action for every customer.
Octopus Cloud VM Advisor combines the forensic investigation of the Octopus Scanner tool with our deep machine learning system to assess the true viability of the cloud. Service providers can uncover their customers’ current and future usage patterns, while making accurate cost comparisons and predictions that ensure the right migration decision is made, every time.
How Cloud VM Advisor works
Understand end-customer usage patterns
We perform end-customer usage analysis, considering factors such as CPU, memory, storage, network, workload pattern, peak usage periods, and application performance metrics.
Virtual Machine rightsizing
We monitor usage utilization and analyze performance metrics. Based on this analysis, we determine the right instances for the end-customer's needs.
Disk rightsizing
Cloud VM Advisor determines the appropriate disk size for the end customer's needs.
Adjusted running hours
We calculate the cost of running hours and adjusted running hours. This helps us to identify any potential financial risks (planning and budgeting).
Final Octopus recommendation
Based on all these analyses, we provide a final profile recommendation. Your recommendation is calculated with your future consumption in mind.
Payment analysis
We consider the cost savings and risks associated with pay- per-use, reserved instances and saving plans.
Why cost comparison is important
Discover important usage insights
To optimize instance sizing, it's important to understand the workload characteristics, such as CPU, memory, and storage requirements, as well as the utilization patterns and demand.
Compare procurement options
By optimizing instance sizing and comparing the procurement options and risk, organizations can better align cloud usage with actual needs and budgets.
Keep customer experience high
Over-provisioned instances can lead to unnecessary costs, while under-provisioned instances can lead to poor performance and user experience. With Cloud VM Advisor, you can always choose the best option for you and your customers – improving customer relations.
Make educated decisions
Cloud providers offer various instance types and sizes to match different workload requirements and performance needs, as well as pricing models based on usage.
Helping Whitesky Cloud find their most profitable cloud customers
Using Cloud VM Advisor, Whitesky Cloud undertook a comprehensive profitability analysis to discover which of their customers would be most profitable within the Azure environment.
Armed with this information, they were able to create a tailored business case for each customer which clearly explained whether Azure was right for them, along with the most appropriate payment plan to achieve maximum cost efficiencies.
Benefits for service providers
Accelerate company growth year on year
Gain strategic competitive advantage
Achieve faster time-to-market
Deliver innovative and market-leading solutions, cost effectively
Retain your best talent
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Use cases for service provider business owners
Due diligence before Azure migration
Use Cloud VM Advisor for due diligence before migration to Azure begins. Pre-calculate the most likely costs for the future environment, based on current usage behaviour and user insights. With accurate analysis, build the right profiles in Azure and create steady forecasts with defined budgets – all within a 10-week timeframe.
Private cloud analysis
Service providers who host private clouds can use Cloud VM Advisor to spot where their environment can be scaled up or down without any compromise to performance. Ensure you’re able to keep up with unexpected peaks when they arise and cut back on hardware resources when they’re not being used.
SPLA comparison
Undertake cost comparisons between different SPLA providers with Cloud VM Advisor. Make informed decisions to ensure your SPLA provision remains as cost effective as possible.
Ensure Azure viability
Microsoft is approaching enterprises to commit instances to Azure in exchange for price reductions. However, migration to Azure might not be the most suitable option for every instance. With Cloud VM Advisor, you can uncover what can be moved without compromising performance or creating unnecessary costs.
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