Design Cost-Optimized Compute Solutions

Exam Guide: Solutions Architect - Associate ⚡ Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 📘 Task Statement 4.2 🎯 Designing Compute Optimized Solutions is about choosing compute that meets performance and availability needs at the lowest reasonable cost . First decide what type of compute the workload needs (EC2, Lambda, Fargate, containers, edge, hybrid) , then choose how to pay for it , then right-size and scale it so you are not paying for idle capacity. You are balancing: 1 Performance 2 Availability 3 Elasticity 4 Operational Overhead 5 Purchasing Model Knowledge 1 | AWS Cost Management Service Features Cost Allocation Tags And Multi-Account Billing These help you understand and allocate compute cost. 1.1 Cost Allocation Tags Track compute spend by app, team, environment, owner, cost center 1.2 Multi-Account Billing | Consolidated Billing Manage cost centrally across multiple AWS accounts Often used with AWS Organizations 2 | AWS Cost Management Tools Cost Explorer, Budgets, CUR