Chapter 12
The Cost Optimization Pillar
THE AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
- Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
- ✓ 4.1 Determine how to design cost-optimized storage.
- ✓ 4.2 Determine how to design cost-optimized compute.
Introduction
Through the previous chapters of this book you’ve explored many AWS cost planning basics. In Chapter 3, “Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Glacier Storage,” for instance, you learned how to leverage different data storage classes to ensure the instant access you need for your newer data using, say, the S3 Standard class while using the lower costs available for high-latency, long-term storage (using S3 Reduced Redundancy or Glacier) of older objects.
You’re no doubt also familiar with the Free Tier available on AWS accounts within their first year. The Free Tier makes it possible to experiment...
