Summary

This chapter covered various essential topics that provide a comprehensive understanding of the primary key component, compute. It began with an introduction to compute in cloud computing, explaining its significance and the role it plays in enabling cloud-based services and applications.

The chapter further delved into considerations and cost optimization strategies for compute. It covered important factors to consider when selecting compute resources, including workload requirement analysis, cost optimization strategies, evaluating cloud provider offerings and SLAs, life cycle policies, and rightsizing compute resources. These topics provided you with insights into making informed decisions about resource allocation, optimizing costs, and maximizing resource utilization in cloud environments.

Throughout the chapter, you gained knowledge about the fundamental concepts of compute in cloud computing, explored different compute types and their use cases, and learned about...