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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By : Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott
Book Image

AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By: Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the leader in the public cloud market. With an increasing global interest in leveraging cloud infrastructure, the AWS Cloud from Amazon offers a cutting-edge platform for architecting, building, and deploying web-scale cloud applications. As more the rate of cloud platform adoption increases, so does the need for cloud certification. The AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate Guide is your one-stop solution to gaining certification. Once you have grasped what AWS and its prerequisites are, you will get insights into different types of AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, and more to get you prepared with core Amazon services. You will then move on to understanding how to design and deploy highly scalable applications. Finally, you will study security concepts along with the AWS best practices and mock papers to test your knowledge. By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam but also capable of building secure and reliable applications.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Mock Test 1
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Mock Test 2

Cost Effective Resources

Cost efficiency is one important aspect when designing solutions in the cloud, a non-cost effective architecture can compromise full projects by making them unviable. It is really easy to lose control of expenses when running multiple environments with numerous teams. There are many strategies to keep costs at the minimum and identify non-cost compliant resources; AWS provides several services that working together can make the best to keep budgets under control. We will discuss the well-architected principles and best practices for costs optimization.

Pooled resources and serverless services reduce your costs significantly by removing the necessity to maintain and operate compute infrastructure. Managed services are cost-effective because they improve the Return on Investment (ROI) and minimize the total cost of ownership (CTO) for any kind of technology...