Using cost controls to set actions for Concurrency Scaling
Amazon Redshift Concurrency Scaling adds transient clusters to support concurrent user queries. Concurrency Scaling is charged at a per-second, on-demand rate for a Concurrency Scaling cluster in excess of the free credits that have been applied, but only when it's serving your queries. It provides a 1-minute minimum charge each time a Concurrency Scaling cluster is activated. You can accumulate 1 hour of Concurrency Scaling cluster credits every 24 hours while your main cluster is running, which expires every month. In this recipe, we will learn how to manage costs for Concurrency Scaling to avoid any unexpected surprises. Please also see https://aws.amazon.com/redshift/pricing/#Concurrency_Scaling_pricing for more details.
Getting ready
To complete this recipe, you will need the following:
- An IAM user with access to Amazon Redshift
- An Amazon Redshift cluster deployed in AWS Region eu-west-1