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AWS FinOps Simplified

You're reading from   AWS FinOps Simplified Eliminate cloud waste through practical FinOps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803247236
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Peter Chung Peter Chung
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: FinOps Foundation 2. Part 1: Managing Your AWS Inventory FREE CHAPTER
3. Chapter 2: Establishing the Right Account Structure 4. Chapter 3: Managing Inventory 5. Chapter 4: Planning and Metrics Tracking 6. Chapter 5: Governing Cost and Usage 7. Part 2: Optimizing Your AWS Resources
8. Chapter 6: Optimizing Compute 9. Chapter 7: Optimizing Storage 10. Chapter 8: Optimizing Networking 11. Chapter 9: Optimizing Cloud-Native Environments 12. Part 3: Operationalizing FinOps
13. Chapter 10: Data-Driven FinOps 14. Chapter 11: Driving FinOps Autonomously 15. Chapter 12: Management Functions 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

Our focus in this chapter was optimizing compute services on AWS. We spent the first section of the chapter diving deep into billing mechanisms that benefit steady-state workloads. RIs and SPs are perfect for covering workloads that require compute resources to be on consistently throughout the year.

We unpacked how billing works for both options and concluded that SPs are preferable to RIs because of their flexibility and lower maintenance requirements. Because both options offer the same discount rates, there is little reason to choose RIs over SPs. Cost Explorer provides reports and recommendations to help you with your RI/SP purchasing strategy.

We also explored Spot as another option for compute services. Spot is ideal for flexible and interruptible workloads because of the deep discount AWS provides. However, we must be mindful of how we architect workloads using Spot due to the interruptible nature of Spot resources. We reviewed mechanisms to keep our workload...

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