Upgrade Priority Matrix

Upgrade Priority Matrix A workflow diagram generated by Archify. 01 / Urgent (high extended-support cost risk) 02 / Stable (low extended-support cost risk) Simple fleet Complex fleet Plan & schedule Monitor 10 clusters · stateful apps · Urgent (high extended-support cost risk) › Plan & schedule › Complex fleet · $43,800/yr 10 clusters stateful apps $43,800/yr 25 clusters · multi-team · Urgent (high extended-support cost risk) › Plan & schedule › Complex fleet · $109,500/yr 25 clusters multi-team $109,500/yr 50+ clusters · enterprise · Urgent (high extended-support cost risk) › Plan & schedule › Complex fleet · highest cost risk 50+ clusters enterprise highest cost risk 1 cluster · simple apps · Stable (low extended-support cost risk) › Monitor › Simple fleet · $4,380/yr 1 cluster simple apps $4,380/yr 5 clusters · mixed workloads · Stable (low extended-support cost risk) › Monitor › Simple fleet · $21,900/yr 5 clusters mixed workloads $21,900/yr $219,000+/yr fleet grows Legend Fleet profile Highest cost-risk exposure

Extended Support Cost

  • • Standard support: $0.10/hour, about $876 per cluster per year
  • • Extended support: $0.60/hour, about $5,256 per cluster per year
  • • Every cluster left in extended support adds $4,380 per year

Reading the Matrix

  • • Horizontal axis: fleet complexity, from simple to complex
  • • Vertical axis: urgency driven by extended-support cost exposure
  • • Quadrants: Monitor, Invest in automation, Upgrade immediately, Plan & schedule

Enterprise Fleet

  • • 50+ clusters in extended support cost $219,000 or more per year
  • • Highest cost-risk exposure lands in the Plan & schedule quadrant
  • • At 100 clusters the extended-support premium reaches $438,000 per year