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 1