Book description
Despite many uncertainties in cloud computing, one truth is evident: costs will always tend to go up unless you’re actively engaged in the process. Whether you’re new to managing cloud spend or a seasoned pro, this book will clarify the often misunderstood workings of cloud billing fundamentals and provide expert strategies on creating a culture of cloud cost management in your organization.
Drawing on real-world examples of successes and failures of large-scale cloud spenders, this book outlines a road map for building a culture of FinOps in your organization. Beginning with the fundamental concepts required to understand cloud billing concepts, you’ll learn how to enable an efficient and effective FinOps machine.
- Learn how the cloud works when it comes to financial management
- Set up a FinOps team and build a framework for making spend efficiency a priority
- Examine the anatomy of a cloud bill and learn how to manage it
- Get operational recipes for maximizing cloud efficiency
- Understand how to motivate engineering teams to take cost-saving actions
- Explore the FinOps lifecycle: Inform, Optimize, and Operate
- Learn the DNA of a highly functional cloud FinOps culture
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Table of contents
- Preface
- I. Introducing FinOps
- 1. What Is FinOps?
- 2. Why FinOps?
- 3. Cultural Shift and the FinOps Team
- 4. The Language of FinOps and Cloud
- 5. Anatomy of the Cloud Bill
- II. Inform Phase
- 6. The FinOps Lifecycle
- 7. Where Are You?
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8. Allocation: No Dollar Left Behind
- Why Allocation Matters
- Chargeback Versus Showback
- The Showback Model in Action
- Chargeback and Showback Considerations
- Spreading Out Shared Costs
- Amortization: It’s Accrual World
- Creating Goodwill and Auditability with Accounting
- Going Beyond Cloud with the TBM Taxonomy
- The “Spend Panic” Tipping Point
- Conclusion
- 9. Tags, Labels, and Accounts, Oh My!
- III. Optimize Phase
- 10. Adjusting to Hit Goals
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11. Using Less: Usage Optimization
- The Cold Reality of Cloud Consumption
- Where Does Waste Come From?
- Usage Reduction by Removing/Moving
- Usage Reduction by Resizing (Rightsizing)
- Usage Reduction by Redesigning
- Effects on Reserved Instances
- Benefit Versus Effort
- Serverless Computing
- Not All Waste Is Waste
- Crawl, Walk, Run
- Advanced Workflow: Automated Opt-Out Rightsizing
- Tracking Savings
- Conclusion
- 12. Paying Less: Rate Optimization
- 13. Paying Less with Reserved Instances and Committed Use Discounts
- 14. RI and CUD Strategies
- IV. Operate Phase
- 15. Aligning Teams to Business Goals
- 16. Metric-Driven Cost Optimization
- 17. Automating Cost Management
- 18. FinOps for the Container World
- 19. Managing to Unit Economics: FinOps Nirvana
- Afterword on What to Prioritize (from J.R.)
- Index
Product information
- Title: Cloud FinOps
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2019
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781492054573
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