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AWS Reserved Instances

Whats a flexible Reserved Instance?

North offers managed three-year flexible Reserved Instances without the long term commitment.

Our service applies three-year Reserved Instance credits to your AWS account for the following products administered and managed through our consolidated billing and discounting sharing program.

RDS

About RDS RIs: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/reserved-instances/

ElastiCache

About ElastiCache RIs: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/reserved-cache-nodes/

North ElastiCache Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "elasticache:DescribeReservedCacheNodes",
                "elasticache:DescribeReservedCacheNodesOfferings"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Describe reserved cache nodes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedCacheNodes.html

Describe reserved cache nodes offerings: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedCacheNodesOfferings.html

OpenSearch

About OpenSearch RIs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/ri.html

North OpenSearch Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "es:DescribeReservedInstances",
                "es:DescribeReservedInstanceOfferings",
                "es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstances",
                "es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstanceOfferings"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Describe reserved instance offerings: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/opensearch/describe-reserved-instance-offerings.html

Describe reserved instances: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/opensearch/describe-reserved-instances.html

Describe Elasticsearch reserved instances: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/es/describe-reserved-elasticsearch-instances.html

Describe reserved Elasticseacrch instance offerings: https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/es/paginator/DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstanceOfferings.html

DynamoDB

About DynamoDB reserved capacity: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/reserved-capacity/

Describe reserved capacity: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/iam-policy-prevent-purchase-reserved-capacity.html

North DynamoDB Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dynamodb:DescribeReservedCapacityOfferings",
                "dynamodb:DescribeReservedCapacity"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Redshift

About Redshift reserved nodes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/purchase-reserved-node-instance.html

North Redshift IAM Policy

{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Sid": "Statement1",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodeExchangeStatus",
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodeOfferings",
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodes",
				"redshift:DescribeResize",
				"redshift:DescribeStorage"
			],
			"Resource": []
		}
	]
}

Exact pricing estimated can be veiwed in the AWS calculator: https://calculator.aws/#/