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 |
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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 |