Optimizing Cost and Performance with AWS

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Maximizing Efficiency: Cost and Performance Optimization in AWS

As you elevate your AWS skills from Associate to Professional, mastering cost and performance optimization is crucial. Effective cost management and performance tuning ensure that your applications are not only cost-effective but also highly efficient.

Identifying Cost-Saving Opportunities

AWS offers several tools and services to help manage and reduce costs:

• AWS Cost Explorer: Visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time.
• AWS Budgets: Set custom cost and usage budgets and receive alerts when you exceed thresholds.
• AWS Trusted Advisor: Provides real-time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices.

Performance Optimization Techniques

Enhancing the performance of your AWS resources can significantly impact user experience and operational efficiency:

• Right-Sizing EC2 Instances: Regularly review and adjust the size of your EC2 instances to match the workload.
• Using Elastic Load Balancing (ELB): Distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets to ensure no single instance is overwhelmed.