Table of contents
Introduction to data cost optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Embracing the Well-Architected Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cost optimization as an ongoing process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Six ways to optimize the cost of your data strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Optimize the cost of information infrastructure at scale . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. Decouple storage data from compute data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Plan and provision capacity for predictable workloads . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Access capacity on demand for unpredictable workload usage . . 11
5. Avoid data duplication with a centralized storage layer . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Leverage up to $100,000 in AWS Activate credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Meet the startups that are successfully optimizing data spend . . . . . . 14
Next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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