AWS Auto Scaling Policy Types

This lesson explores the various auto scaling policies that exist within AWS. We'll cover what each of the policies do, their strengths and weaknesses, and when best to use them. Understanding the ins and outs of these policies will help you save a lot of money and keep your customers happy by removing latency and downtime.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will understand how each of the AWS auto scaling policies works and in what situations they perform best.

Intended Audience

This lesson is recommended for solutions architects and developers who are working on creating highly available systems within AWS.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should already have a basic working knowledge of AWS.