Percent of Exam 5%
- It may only count for 5%, but it seemed like every question had a cost consideration in the solution.
Domain Focus Areas
- Demonstrate ability to make architectural decisions that minimize and optimize infrastructure cost
- Apply the appropriate AWS account and billing set-up options based on scenario
- Ability to compare and contrast the cost implications of different architectures
AWS Documentation
- How AWS Pricing Works
- https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf
AWS Presentations
- Cost Optimisation on AWS
- https://youtu.be/kId90Q7b6kY
- Cost Optimization at Scale
- https://youtu.be/i1Uq8_gt2p4
- The Science of Saving with AWS Reserved Instances
- https://youtu.be/R_0BQIeRNHw
- Running Lean Architectures: Optimizing for Cost Efficiency
- https://youtu.be/SG1DsYgeGEk
- Cloud-Native Cost Optimization
- https://youtu.be/LZwlkqERv2g
- Strategies to Quantify TCO and Optimize Costs using AWS
- https://youtu.be/rnL9Raf5shM
- EC2 Dedicated Hosts: Save Money, Use Your Software Licenses
- https://youtu.be/lVOw1u_UaDE
- Save Up to 90% on your Amazon EC2 Bill with Spot Instances
- https://connect.awswebcasts.com/p2lkwv8o9rs/
3rd Party Docs
- Reserved Instances 101
- https://blog.cloudability.com/aws-101-reserved-instances/
- Complete Guide to AWS Reserved Instances
- http://visit.cloudability.com/ReservedInstanceGuide
3rd Party Presentations
- Advanced Strategies for AWS Cost Allocation with Tags and Linked Accounts
- https://youtu.be/fLex8Qgzvpk
- 10 Ways to Optimize Public and Private Cloud Costs
- http://www.rightscale.com/webinars/lp/10-ways-optimize-public-private-cloud-costs-webinar
- Mastering the fundamentals of AWS cost management
- https://support.cloudability.com/hc/en-us/articles/205014127-Webinar-Mastering-the-fundamentals-of-AWS-cost-management
- Managing enterprise AWS costs at scale
- https://www.cloudability.com/aws-enterprise-cost-management-webinar/
- Using Cloudability to reduce AWS costs
- https://support.cloudability.com/hc/en-us/articles/205034237-Webinar-Using-Cloudability-to-reduce-AWS-costs
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