Cost Optimization

Design Principle

  • Transparently attribute expecditure

  • Use managed service to reduce cost of ownership

  • Trade capital expense for operating expense

  • Benefit from economies of scale

  • Stop spending money on data center operations

Cost Optimization in the cloud consists of

  • Matched supply and demand

  • Cost-effective resources

    • Choose appropriate EC2 type, make use of AWS trusted advisor

  • Expenditure awareness

    • Use tags, billing alerts

  • Optimizing over time

    • AWS blog, AWS trusted advisor

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