Calculating the cost of cloud services can be complex and time-consuming, when all you want is to know what a provider will cost. We believe it can be done more simply and quickly. We show you a simple method for getting an overview of your cloud costs at Netstream.
In general, cloud computing costs are often quoted per hour or even per day. Almost as common is pricing based on the size or duration of an instance. And there are certainly one or two other variants as well.
Such cloud pricing models are extremely complex and sometimes quite hard to understand. On top of that come hidden costs that are not immediately apparent. These include, for example, costs for incoming and outgoing traffic or for other resources such as requests, which are counted and thus lead to unexpected additional costs.
We strive to simplify this calculation as far as possible so that our customers have a clear overview of their monthly costs and can calculate them themselves at any time
We show you how to calculate the monthly cloud costs of your existing on-premises vSphere environment in just a few minutes. Simply follow these instructions in just three steps.
3 steps to your cloud costs
1. Install VMware’s PowerCLI tool if you don’t already have it.
Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI2. Run the following PowerShell commands to create an export from your vSphere inventory. NOTE: all data is anonymised and only the resource values for CPU, memory and disk space are exported!
$vcenter = Read-Host 'Enter Your vmware vCenter Host:'
Connect-VIServer $vcenterGet-VM
| Select-Object @{Name='Name';Expression={Get-Random}},PowerState,NumCPU,CoresPerSocket,MemoryMB,MemoryGB,UsedSpaceGB, ProvisionedSpaceGB, GuestId | Export-CSV netstream-cloud.csv -NoTypeInformation3. Send the generated file “netstream-cloud.csv” to hello@netstream.ch
You have now done the hardest part. You can sit back and relax – within the next 24 hours you will receive an overview of your cloud costs at Netstream.
Do you have an environment other than vSphere? No problem – contact us via WhatsApp or chat or on +41 58 058 40 00 and we will be happy to prepare an individual quote for you or answer your questions.
