This blog post outlines a step-by-step approach to estimate the total cost of ownership (TCO) for modernizing applications using containerization on AWS, providing guidance on how to calculate the costs of AWS resources and the effort required for the modernization effort.

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<p>This article provides guidance on estimating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for modernizing workloads on AWS using containerization.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>Introduction to the 7 Rs of cloud migration strategies and the need for TCO analysis</li>
<li>Modernization using containers on AWS services like ECS, EKS, Fargate, and App Runner</li>
<li>A 5-step process for calculating TCO: assess current environment, choose AWS container services, define target architecture, calculate platform costs, and calculate modernization effort costs</li>
<li>A scenario for estimating TCO with only server inventory information by right-sizing instances and applying containerization savings</li>
<li>Conclusion highlighting the challenges and benefits of this TCO estimation approach</li>
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Estimating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for modernizing workloads on AWS using Containerization – Part 1

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