BQ Real Slot Pricing Optimization Math

? Baseline Slot Commitment

Let:

• S = committed slots

• P = price per slot-hour

• H = hours/month

? Required Slot Formula

Let:

• W = total slot-seconds workload/month

• T = desired runtime window (seconds)

? Optimal Commitment Strategy

Let:

• Peak usage = P_s

• Average usage = A_s

Optimal commitment often ≈ 70–80% of P_s

Why?

Autoscaling handles spikes cheaper than full overcommitment.

? Slot Efficiency Metric

Target: 65–85%

< 50% = waste

95% = contention

? Cost per Business Metric

Example:

Translate infra → business value.