Cloud Costs Optimization
Practical case studies, experience reports and tooling use cases from startups and enterprises
The evolution of the cloud in the last decade has radically simplified infrastructure deployment. Undoubtedly, major providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud have removed entry barriers for developers to either launch a new product or to scale infinitely. However, no software company can keep scaling without taking a look at the cost of infrastructure as a percentage of its revenue.
Many companies today are struggling with cloud costs eating up a significant portion of their gross margins. In this conference, we will discuss the tools, techniques and best practices for monitoring and controlling cloud costs.
Key takeaways for participants
- Best practices for monitoring and auditing cloud costs.
- Techniques and design choices for controlling cloud costs.
- Case studies and experience reports.
Who should participate
- CTOs and VP engineering of startups in the growth phase, who are expecting their cloud costs to go up in the near future; interested in case studies and tools.
- Engineering Manager of a large organization who is interested in controlling the costs for their division; interested in case studies and tools.
- Senior engineers who are interested to know about architectural choices and how they affect the cloud costs.
Speaking
If you are interested in speaking at the conference, submit your talk idea here. The editors - Anand C and Raghdip Panesar - will review your talk description and give feedback.
Guidelines for speaking, speaker honorarium policy, and travel grant policy details are published here.
About the editors
This conference is curated by Anand Chitipothu and Raghdip Singh Panesar.
Anand has been building software, managing servers and infrastructure for over two decades. He has curated the Scaling from First Principles series of discussions with Rootconf.
Raghdip is Staff Engineer - Network at Google. Prior to joining Google Raghdip spent nine years at Flipkart as network architect and senior staff engineer.
Become a Rootconf member to join
This is a community-funded conference. It will be held in-person. Attendance is open to Rootconf members only. Support the conference with a membership to join. If you have questions about participation, post a comment here.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship slots are open for:
- Cloud providers who want to evangelise their efforts on optimizing the costs of cloud, and showcase customer success stories.
- Tool providers.
- Companies seeking tech branding for hiring.
Email sponsorship queries to sales@hasgeek.com
Contact information
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Sudhir Reddy
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Flipkart's Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Strategy for Optimal Cost Efficiency and Business Agility
Submitted Jun 27, 2023
Over the years, Flipkart has successfully operated a private cloud infrastructure consisting of millions of cores across multiple regions. However, the fluctuating compute requirements of 2x to 10x during major sale events such as “Big Billion Days,” “Independence Day,” and “Republic Day” often result in excessive underutilization of the infrastructure outside of these peak periods. While public cloud infrastructure offers flexible capacity and streamlined integration with managed services, its higher cost compared to private cloud infrastructure poses a challenge.
To address this challenge, Flipkart is embarking on a journey towards a hybrid cloud model. This approach aims to leverage the strengths of both public and private clouds, enabling Flipkart to optimize costs and enhance business agility. In this talk, we will talk about the specifics of Flipkart’s hybrid cloud strategy, highlighting the optimizations implemented across both private and public cloud environments.
Presentation Outline:
- Introduction to Flipkart: Business Overview and Infrastructure Requirements
- Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of private, public, and hybrid cloud models.
- Overview of Flipkart’s decision to adopt a hybrid cloud approach.
- Building Blocks for Enabling Hybrid Cloud Applications
- Private Cloud Optimizations - storage, compute, and managed services
- Public Cloud Optimizations for Big Data Workloads
- Mitigating Risks in the Hybrid Cloud Environment
- Conclusion and Key Takeaways
- Questions & Answers
Presentation slides: https://www.slideshare.net/discoversudhir/flipkarts-hybrid-cloud-infrastructure-strategy-for-optimal-cost-efficiency-and-business-agility
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Businesses are more digital today than ever before. They need to build, deploy and run real-time services in order to stay ahead of the curve. The notion of real-time is not just a nice-to-have anymore. It’s an expectation. It is what sets a merely good user experience apart from a great one. A rea… more
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