Unlocking Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 1: Assess – Explore Cost Components)

This article is the first in a four-part series about optimizing costs during an AWS Rehost migration. It focuses on understanding and analyzing cost components in the migration process.

• Identifies four primary cost categories: hardware, software, facilities, and people
• Recommends comprehensive inventory of infrastructure, including technical metadata
• Highlights the importance of capturing utilization metrics for right-sizing cloud resources
• Emphasizes analyzing software licensing and hardware divestiture strategies
• Suggests mapping compliance requirements to AWS's Shared Responsibility Model

The goal is to help organizations build an accurate business case and optimize cloud migration costs by thoroughly understanding their current on-premises environment and potential cloud transition expenses.