Cloudamize recommendations for AWS include a number of additional designs built with AWS’s capabilities and typical usage in mind, labeled OLA 2 through 8. This article intends to list the basic settings for each of these designs to aid in understanding them.
The full set of settings can be downloaded as a spreadsheet attached to this page.
OLA 2 - Workload, On-Demand
This design uses AWS's on-demand price plan, License Mobility through SA, and attempts to Optimize Cost and Reduce the Number of Cores where ever possible.
Pricing Plan Settings | Setting | Compute Tuning Settings | Setting | Storage Tuning Settings | Setting | Network Tuning Settings | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | TRUE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | Optimize Cost and Reduce Number of Cores | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | On-Demand | Instance Type | ##### | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | ##### | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | TRUE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 3 - Workload, 1 Year RI (AUP)
This design uses the Reserved Full-Upfront 1-Year AWS price plan, License Mobility through SA, and attempts to Optimize Cost and Reduce the Number of Cores where possible.
Pricing Plan Settings | Setting | Compute Tuning Settings | Setting | Storage Tuning Settings | Setting | Network Tuning Setting | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | TRUE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | Optimize Cost and Reduce Number of Cores | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved Full Upfront 1-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | FALSE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | TRUE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 4 - Workload, 1 Year RI (NUP)
This design uses the Reserved No-Upfront 1-Year AWS price plan, License Mobility through SA, and attempts to Optimize Cost and Reduce the Number of Cores where possible.
Pricing Plan Settings | Setting | Compute Tuning Settings | Setting | Storage Tuning Settings | Setting | Network Tuning Settings | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | TRUE | Analyze Type | 3nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | Optimize Cost and Reduce Number of Cores | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved No Upfront 1-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | FALSE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | FALSE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 5 - Workload, 3 Year RI (AUP)
This design uses the Reserved All-Upfront 3-Year AWS price plan, License Mobility through SA, and attempts to Optimize Cost and Reduce the Number of Cores where possible.
Pricing Plan Setting | Setting | Compute Tuning Setting | Setting | Storage Tuning Setting | Setting | Network Tuning Setting | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | FALSE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | Optimize Cost and Reduce Number of Cores | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved Full Upfront 3-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | FALSE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | FALSE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 6 - Workload, RI 3 Year (NUP)
This design uses the Reserved No-Upfront 3-Year AWS price plan, License Mobility through SA, and attempts to Optimize Cost and Reduce the Number of Cores where possible.
Pricing Plan Setting | Setting | Compute Tuning Setting | Setting | Storage Tuning Setting | Setting | Network Tuning Setting | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | TRUE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | Optimize Cost and Reduce Number of Cores | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved No Upfront 3-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | FALSE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | FALSE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 7 - Workload, Dedicated Hosts
This design uses the Dedicated Hosts for Windows and SQL AWS price plan, BYOL Licenses, and no license or core optimizations.
Pricing Plan Setting | Setting | Compute Tuning Setting | Setting | Storage Tuning Setting | Setting | Network Tuning Setting | Setting |
Tenancy | Dedicated Hosts for Windows and SQL | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | TRUE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | FALSE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | None | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved No Upfront 3-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | FALSE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | TRUE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
OLA 8 - RDS Workload, 1 Year RI (NUP)
This design uses AWS Relational Database Services with the Reserved No-Upfront 1-Year price plan, no license transferal or optimization, and no core optimization.
Pricing Plan Setting | Setting | Compute Tuning Setting | Setting | Storage Tuning Setting | Setting | Network Tuning Setting | Setting |
Tenancy | Shared | CPU and Instance Family | TRUE | Storage Capacity Scaling | 100% | Network Load Factor | 10% |
Licenses: BYOL | FALSE | Target Peak CPU Threshold | 80% | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation | Analyze Type | 3rd Standard Deviation |
Licenses: License Mobility through SA (For MSSQL) | FALSE | Analyze Type | 2nd Standard Deviation | Max RAID Disk Numbers: |
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License Optimization | None | Instance Family Grid | EBS | Unlimited | |||
Pricing Plan | Reserved No Upfront 1-year | Instance Type | FALSE | GP3 | 10 | ||
Region | [Set on Assessment Launch] | Workload Based Tuning: RDS | TRUE | GP2 | 10 | ||
Discount % | 0% | Workload Based Tuning: SAP | TRUE | ST1 | 0 | ||
Observed On-Time? | TRUE | SC1 | 0 | ||||
On-time Hours Per Week | FALSE | IO1 | Unlimited | ||||
Credit Based Storage: |
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Does GP2 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does SC1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE | ||||||
Does ST1 Consider Bucketless? | FALSE |
For further details on AWS price plans and features, please review AWS's own documentation or get in touch with them directly.