A financial analytics firm wastes 40% of EC2 costs on idle time. This drill analyzes four architectures—Lambda, SQS+ASG, containerized polling, and ECS Fargate—to identify the optimal event-driven solution balancing FinOps impact and operational overhead.
This SAP-C02 scenario examines how to generate recurring Lambda cost optimization reports with minimal development effort. The key decision: leverage managed AWS Compute Optimizer APIs versus building custom CloudWatch metric extraction logic.
A media analytics firm needs to reduce OpenSearch costs while maintaining compliance. This drill examines the strategic use of UltraWarm nodes, cold storage, and S3 lifecycle policies to balance performance with FinOps impact in a professional-level SAP-C02 scenario.
A critical business data archival scenario requiring 4-year retention with instant access. Learn why S3 Standard-IA beats Glacier and One Zone-IA through FinOps analysis and compliance constraints.
A telecommunications archive scenario requiring optimal balance between query performance for recent data and cost efficiency for aged content—analyzing S3 storage classes, lifecycle policies, and query mechanisms.
Analyzing the decision matrix for replacing always-on shared file systems with ephemeral high-performance storage solutions for monthly batch workloads, focusing on FSx for Lustre lazy load vs. bulk load strategies and FinOps impact.
This SAP-C02 scenario explores the critical decision between S3 storage classes for archival data accessed via VPN. The winning solution balances lowest cost with acceptable retrieval latency for infrequent access patterns, while maintaining strict private network isolation.
A comprehensive analysis of hosting options for static web content, comparing S3, EC2, Fargate, and Lambda approaches through the lens of cost optimization and architectural simplicity.
When a development team runs monthly 48-hour database tests, should you stop the instance, snapshot and terminate, or modify instance types? Learn the FinOps logic behind RDS cost optimization.
Learn why the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator is the foundational tool for accurate cost estimation when migrating three-tier applications to GCP, and how to avoid common pitfalls like manual spreadsheets or premature production testing.