Cloud Masters Episode #118
TAM Tales: Commitment drawdowns, EKS optimization, and rethinking your cloud architecture
Three Technical Account Managers (TAMs) from DoiT share real-life stories about overspending on cloud and managing cloud commitment drawdowns, with practical lessons and strategies for optimizing your own cloud costs.
Cloud Masters Episode #118

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TAM Tales: Commitment drawdowns, EKS optimization, and rethinking your cloud architecture
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TAM Tales: Commitment drawdowns, EKS optimization, and rethinking your cloud architecture
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Episode notes

Key Moments

00:00: Introduction
00:56: What do TAMs do?
02:22: EKS and splitting Spot instances across AZs
03:42: Topology Aware Hints in EKS
04:46: Takeaway = Regularly review your architecture
07:43: Usage creeping up? That’s your signal to review
08:35: What to do when you’re falling behind on an EDP
09:50: Breakeven point with Savings Plans/RIs
11:58: Staggering upfront SP purchases
13:55: Using Flexsave coverage as a benchmark for 3-year Savings Plans and RIs
15:08: View your commitments analytically, not emotionally
17:02: Using Marketplace purchases to burn down commits
20:31: Unnecessarily using Persistent Disks
23:37: Making technology decisions without questioning the “why”

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About the guests

Ieva Jonaityte
Ieva is a trusted advisor among numerous high-growth, cloud-driven companies. She collaborates closely with them to design secure and scalable cloud architectures, analyzing their current infrastructure and identifying opportunities for cost optimization. Ieva doesn’t just solve current problems; she looks ahead, using her technical expertise to map out future growth strategies and ensure their cloud solutions are built for the long term.
Ian Hart
As a TAM, Ian brings his deep understanding of AWS and Google Cloud to bear for some of DoiT’s most technical customers. Ian works collaboratively with customer teams to design innovative, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures that meet their specific business needs.
Eric Ethridge
Eric provides technical consulting and support to technically-savvy, rapidly-growing customers. In his role he plans architectures, review costs, identify future growth opportunities, and develops training pathways for existing and potential customers.
Ieva is a trusted advisor among numerous high-growth, cloud-driven companies. She collaborates closely with them to design secure and scalable cloud architectures, analyzing their current infrastructure and identifying opportunities for cost optimization. Ieva doesn’t just solve current problems; she looks ahead, using her technical expertise to map out future growth strategies and ensure their cloud solutions are built for the long term.
As a TAM, Ian brings his deep understanding of AWS and Google Cloud to bear for some of DoiT’s most technical customers. Ian works collaboratively with customer teams to design innovative, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures that meet their specific business needs.
Eric provides technical consulting and support to technically-savvy, rapidly-growing customers. In his role he plans architectures, review costs, identify future growth opportunities, and develops training pathways for existing and potential customers.

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