This topic describes how to use the total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis feature of Cloud Migration Hub (CMH) to estimate and analyze the usage costs of cloud services used by data centers for your enterprise. The analysis results can help you make decisions about cloud migration.
Create a TCO analysis task
1. Log on to the CMH console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Assessment > TCO Analyse. On the TCO Analyse page, click Create TCO Analysis Task. In the Create TCO Analysis Task panel, select IDC from the Source CSP/Self-built platform drop-down list. Then, configure the parameters as required.
2. Upload the resource information of the source by using a template.
Click Evaluation template.xlsx to download the TCO analysis template in an Excel file. After you fill in the template, click Select file to upload the template.
3. Start a TCO analysis task.
After you configure the parameters, click Yes to start a TCO analysis task.
After the task is created, you can view the task on the TCO Analyse page. After the analysis is complete, you can perform further analysis.
Download the bill analysis results
The TCO analysis feature analyzes your service bills within the specified time period based on billable items to obtain the specifications, average monthly usage, and average monthly resource consumption for each service. After the analysis is complete, you can download the analysis results in an Excel file to your on-premises machine for further analysis.
View the service mapping list
Based on the service specifications and usage, the TCO analysis feature maps the services used by your data centers to Alibaba Cloud services. The TCO analysis feature provides the most cost-effective configurations that can cover your current service usage without compromising the service specifications. You can click View Configurations to view the service mapping list. In the list, you can add, modify, or remove mapping relationships and adjust the resource mapping logic that is predefined in the TCO analysis feature. This allows you to determine Alibaba Cloud service specifications that can meet your business requirements.
Compare services
In terms of cost estimation, the TCO analysis feature calculates the monthly costs of Alibaba Cloud services that are of the same specifications as the services used by your data centers. The TCO analysis feature also provides a comparison between your service bills during a specific month and the estimated average monthly costs of using Alibaba Cloud services. In addition, you can contact your Alibaba Cloud sales manager who can help adjust the price calculation ratio of services in each service category. This further optimizes your costs of using Alibaba Cloud services.
Add the costs of data centers
You must manually enter the costs of your data centers. By default, the costs are divided into three categories: Database, Computing, and Storage. To add a cost category, you can click New Cost Category.
