Right Scaling for Right Pricing: A Case Study on Total Cost of Ownership Measurement for Cloud Migration
This addresses cost optimization for traditional enterprises and independent software vendors migrating to the cloud, but it is incremental as it builds on existing cost modeling approaches.
The paper tackles the problem of accurately modeling costs for cloud migration decisions and software pricing by presenting an integrated process for measuring total cost of ownership based on forecasted SaaS usage levels, illustrated with a real-world case study.
Cloud computing promises traditional enterprises and independent software vendors a myriad of advantages over on-premise installations including cost, operational and organizational efficiencies. The decision to migrate software configured for on-premise delivery to the cloud requires careful technical consideration and planning. In this chapter, we discuss the impact of right-scaling on the cost modelling for migration decision making and price setting of software for commercial resale. An integrated process is presented for measuring total cost of ownership, taking in to account IaaS/PaaS resource consumption based on forecast SaaS usage levels. The process is illustrated with a real world case study.