AWS Billing & Pricing Flashcards

Question

Database Pricing: | Amazon DynamoDB

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``` provisioned throughput (write) provisioned throughput (read) indexed data storage ``` on-demand capacity mode: - pay for the data reads and writes your application makes on the tables - no need to specify read and write throughput Provisioned capacity mode: - specify the number of reads and writes per second you expect your application to require - can use the auto scaling to automatically adjust Data transfer global tables

Answer 2

traffic distribution - data transfer and request pricing, varies across regions, and is based on the edge location from which the content is served Requests - the number and type of requests (HTTP or HTTPS) and the geographic region in which they are made Data transfer out - quantity of data transferred out of CloudFront edge locations there are additional chargeable items such as invalidation requests, field-level encryption requests, and custom SSL certificates

Answer 3

monthly charges for managing hosted zones DNS queries Domain names

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free tool that allows to view charts of your costs you can view cost data for the past 13 months and forecast how much you are likely to spend over the next 3 months can be used to discover patterns in how much you spend on AWS resources over time and to identify cost problem areas helps you identify service usage statistics such as: - which services you use the most - view metrics for which AZ has the most traffic - which linked account is used the most

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estimate monthly AWS bill more efficiently you can add services in different regions calculator includes support for most AWS services and you can include additional costs such as data ingress/egress charges, data storage charges, and retrieval fees it is possible to select EC2 dedicated hosts and reserved instances with various pricing models support an also be added

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free tool provided by AWS that allows you to estimate the cost savings of using the AWS Cloud vs. using an on-premise data center helps you reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by avoiding large capital expenditures on hardware and infrastructure provide directional guidance on cost savings works by you inputting cost elements of your current/or estimated on-premises data center, and comparing those cost requirements with how much it would cost on AWS elements can be added/modified as you move through the process to best estimate the cost savings What else is included in a TCO calculation? (Exam q) Rack infrastructure costs Virtualization software costs Facilities costs (data center space, power, and cooling) Networking costs Data transfer costs IT Labor costs - some labor costs are also required on AWS

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``` very simple to use create an estimate search for your service quick option or advanced option will be replacing simple monthly calculator ```

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billing and account support only (access to forums only) everyone gets this no technical support offered

Answer 9

Recommended if you are experimenting or testing in AWS. business hours support via email Developer allows one person to open unlimited cases

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Recommended if you have production workloads in AWS. The Business support plan provides < 1 hour response times for a production system failure or impairment 24x7 email, chat, and phone support; unlimited contacts to open unlimited cases

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Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS. provides <15 min response time for a business critical system down Enterprise support comes with a Technical Account Manager (TAM) (Exam q) 24x7 email, chat, and phone support; unlimited contacts to open unlimited cases

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allows you to consolidate multiple AWS accounts into an organization that you create and centrally manage Available in 2 feature sets: - Consolidated Billing - All features includes root accounts and organizational units policies are applied to root accounts or OUs

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includes: Paying Account - independent and cannot access resources of other accounts Linked Accounts - all linked accounts are independent Benefits: - One bill - you get one bill for multiple accounts - easy tracking - you can track the charges across multiple accounts adn download the combined cost and usage data - Combined usage - you can combine the usage across all accounts in the organization to share the volume pricing discounts and Reserved Instance discounts. Can result in a lower charge for you project, department, or company than with individual standalone accounts - No extra fee - Consolidated billing is offered at no additional cost

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Tags are key/value pairs that can be attached to AWS resources Tags contain metadata (data about data) tags can be sometimes be inherited - eg resources created by Auto Scaling, CloudFormation or Elastic Beanstalk

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Resource groups make it easy to group resources using the tags that are assigned to them. You can group resources that share one or more tags Resource groups contain general information, such as: region, name, health checks Also specific information, such as: public & private IP addresses (for EC2); port configurations (for ELB); database engine (for RDS)

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Track your AWS costs on a detailed level must be enabled manually through billing & reporting console AWS uses the cost allocation tags to organize your resource costs on your cost allocation report

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proactively monitor your environment and assist with optimization and coordinate access to programs and AWS experts only included in Enterprise plan

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offers architecture and scaling guidance and operational support during the preparation and execution of planned events, such as shopping holidays, product launches, and migrations. For these events, it will help you assess operational readiness, identify and mitigate risks, and execute your event confidently with AWS experts by your side Business plan - can access w/ additional fee Enterprise - comes with this plan

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assist customers with billing and pricing inquiries