Welcome to this lesson on right-sizing compute resources in AWS.

Learning objectives:

Understand the concept and importance of right-sizing compute resources in AWS for cost efficiency.
Learn how to identify underutilized EC2 instances based on CPU, memory, and network usage.
Use CloudWatch metrics to monitor and analyze EC2 instance performance.
Evaluate and select the most suitable EC2 instance family based on workload requirements and architecture options.
Apply AWS Compute Optimizer to receive data-driven recommendations for optimizing resource usage and reducing costs.
Make informed decisions to balance performance, availability, and cost in AWS compute environments.

Intended audience

This lesson is intended for technical AWS cloud engineers who are looking to deepen their expertise in AWS cost optimization, specifically with AWS compute services.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should already be familiar with AWS compute and container services, including EC2, Lambda, EKS, and Fargate; along with the various pricing models used by each of these services.
You should also be familiar with Amazon CloudWatch and how it’s used to monitor your AWS resources.

Right-Sizing Compute Resources in AWS