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The cost estimation functionality in Google Cloud Migration Center lets you generate rapid
offline cost estimates for running your workloads in Google Cloud, with
default assumptions automatically applied for optimized configuration.
The estimates are generated based on Google Cloud best practices. Your
actual cloud cost can be higher or lower than the generated estimate.
Calculators
The cost estimation feature includes the following cost calculators:
On-premise: Lets you generate a rapid cost estimate for migrating your
on-premises infrastructure to Google Cloud. This calculator requires
minimal inputs and provides you with options to
change the default assumptions that are used to calculate
the estimate.
SAP: Lets you generate a rapid cost estimate for hosting your SAP
workloads on Google Cloud. You can choose the pricing track,
select the migration timespan, and choose applications and the application
sizes to include in each deployment. These built-in sizes contribute in
estimating your overall SAP system requirements, such as network bandwidth,
physical memory, CPU power and I/O capacity, with minimal inputs.
Data warehousing: Lets you generate a rapid cost estimate for running
your data analytics and warehousing setup from other cloud platforms on
BigQuery serverless data warehouse on Google Cloud.
Migration Center quickly and efficiently estimates the costs of
Google Cloud products and services that you need for moving your
infrastructure, whether available on-premises or on other cloud providers,
to Google Cloud.
Optimized configurations for your cloud setup
The default assumptions used to generate cost estimates recommend
optimized configurations and estimate the total cost of ownership of
running your workloads on Google Cloud.
Consistent cost estimates in an integrated migration environment
Generating estimates in an integrated Migration Center environment
is the first step of your migration process to Google Cloud. Routing data
through the cost estimation feature within Migration Center gives a
more consistent cost output that can be used to compare migration costs and
evaluate different what-if scenarios.
Single tool to calculate the cost for running common Google Cloud services
When you're planning a migration, especially for very large projects like
data center exits, Migration Center gives you the flexibility to specify more than just
the infrastructure details such as CPU cores, memory, and storage. You can
also select your workloads like Oracle, SAP, Microsoft SQL server, or OS
foundations like Windows or Linux which affect the estimated total cost.
Gauge the cost of migration spanning across 5 years
Another migration factor that Migration Center considers while
generating the cost estimate is time. Migration waves take time to plan,
schedule, and execute. Also, the advanced migration waves tend to take longer
to execute than the initial wave. Gauging the cost spanning across 5 years
provides a long-term projection and a more transparent cost.
Export and share your estimate results
Migration Center provides a streamlined interface from which you can enter
and modify inputs, generate estimates, and export the cost estimate results.
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