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01. Introducing the Power Schedule Management Function

01. Introducing the Power Schedule Management Function

 

 

What is Power Schedule? 

  • It is an optimization technique that reduces usage fees by reducing computing usage time by turning cloud resources on when needed according to business hours and turning them off when not in use.

  • So it's a very simple, yet powerful way to save up to 83% on computing costs for development purposes, depending on business hours.

  • For AWS, a standard power schedule template called Instance-Scheduler is provided in the form of CloudFormation.

 

Target audience

  • Power schedule (EC2/RDS) configured using AWS Instance Scheduler template (provided by AWS officially)

 

Introducing the Power Schedule Management Service Features

1. You can easily set the target of the power scheduler application, and check the application status at a glance.

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  • It is possible to identify schedule application targets using tag keys and values of AWS resources.

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  • The identified resources are classified into a total of five statuses, and a status chart is provided for them, making it easy to identify the power schedule status.

  • A description of each state follows:

    • success → Resources for which the set power schedule operates normally

    • abnormal → Power schedule is set, but resources where the power schedule does not work properly for various reasons

    • Need to apply → Resources with missing power schedules (resources identified as power schedule target through the set options, but power scheduling is not set)

    • exception → Resources that are not subject to power scheduling or resources that have been excluded by the user (required to be excluded from power scheduling or exceptions made by the user through the set options)

    • Unidentifiable → Resources whose purpose cannot be identified (resources that do not correspond to either the application or non-application of power schedules through the set options) 

 

2. You can easily check whether the power schedule is operating normally, which allows you to take quick action.

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  • If a failure is confirmed through the power schedule status, you can easily check the failure target and cause through a detailed resource inquiry.

3. Provides the target that requires power scheduling and the estimated monthly cost savings when setting up the schedule.

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  • It provides the number of resources that need to be applied (power schedule application targets or missing resources) and the amount saved when applied.

 

4. Provides trend graphs and original data on savings trends so you can easily compare savings trends resulting from schedule application.

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  • It is possible to set a query period for the trend chart.

  • RawData used in the chart is provided in Excel format through “Detailed Download.”

  • It is easy to understand the savings rate of the power schedule by providing the "cost for 24-hour operation" (the cost that would have been charged if the power schedule was not set) and the "actual savings amount" (the cost saved due to the power schedule setting).

  • Costs for 24-hour operation, actual savings, and number of scheduled applications are provided in a single trend chart for comparison at a glance.

 

5. Provides detailed schedule information and ON/OFF information for power schedule target resources.

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  • Provides ON/OFF status and schedule information for the past week

  • Provides expected scheduling information for this week based on the current schedule

  • Provides history for ON/OFF events

 

6. Automatically detect and register the configured Instance Scheduler

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  • Automatically recognizes and registers AWS Instance-Scheduler information using account information registered in CloudXper

  • No special action required to register

 

7. Provide schedule details and list of registered resources

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  • Provide schedule details and target server information for each schedule

 

Notice

  • Additional permissions for DynamoDB used by Instance Scheduler are required to use the smooth power schedule management service.

  • The savings cost is calculated based on the ListPrice and may differ slightly from the actual billing amount.

    • Accounts using the single power schedule are not expected to experience a large error as they are less affected by the coverage of SP/RI (guaranteed discount based on continuous use).