Reservation management techniques

You can manage reservations either by using a central IT operations or management team or by using a specific team or business unit. The following table summarizes the different reservation management techniques.

Table 5 – Comparison of different reservation management techniques

Central reservation management	Team/Business Unit reservation management
Maximizes reservation coverage by covering aggregate usage across a business	Increases likelihood of high reservation utilization (for example, using already-purchased reservations), because a single team should understand its capacity commitment of RIs
Simplifies overall reservation management especially when combining central management and Convertible Reserved Instances	Reduces interfacing or planning between the business unit and the central team
Reduces the requirement for an individual team to understand reservations	Streamlines decisions about purchases, purchase process, and reservation account location