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Learning AWS

You're reading from   Learning AWS Design, build, and deploy responsive applications using AWS Cloud components

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787281066
Length 412 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Amit Shah Amit Shah
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Aurobindo Sarkar Aurobindo Sarkar
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Preface 1. Cloud 101 – Understanding the Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Designing Cloud Applications 3. Introducing AWS Components 4. Designing for and Implementing Scalability 5. Designing for and Implementing High Availability 6. Designing for and Implementing Security 7. Deploying to Production and Going Live 8. Designing a Big Data Application 9. Implementing a Big Data Application 10. Deploying a Big Data System 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Estimating your cloud computing costs

Costs are central to designing for the cloud. Selecting the most appropriate options from a wide variety of tunable parameters available for each of the services can make this a challenging task. Typically, if you understand the costing for your compute nodes and database services well, then you would have largely accounted for a big chunk of your expected bill. Using an 80:20 principle can help you get to ballpark cost estimates, quickly. Typically, if you understand the costing for your compute nodes and database services well, then you would have largely accounted for a big chunk of your expected bill.

Most cloud service providers make online calculators available to arrive at the ballpark figures for your infrastructure. The following is a sample screenshot for provisioning AWS EC2 instances (compute nodes) in a calculator provided by...

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