Optimizing Costs on AWS Cloud
summary
Practical AWS cost-optimization techniques are presented with measured savings: switching EBS volumes from gp2 to gp3, snapshotting and deleting 4,997 unattached EBS volumes, removing unused Elastic IPs and NAT gateways, scheduling developer EC2 instances, and migrating to Graviton instances. The approach uses AWS tools (Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Storage Lens), snapshots, autoscaling schedules, and follows a FinOps cycle to identify and implement those fixes and quantify monthly and annual savings.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:14Cloud cost definition
- 6:02Three optimization categories
- 13:14EBS disk optimization
- 17:20Unused disks and snapshots
- 23:55Elastic IP and unused resources
- 30:22Data transfer costs
- 31:47Gateway hidden costs
- 34:17EC2 instance optimization
- 37:13Instance types and savings
- 40:50Right-sizing instances
- 45:09Amazon S3 optimization
- 48:29S3 Intelligent Tiering
- 49:33FinOps strategic approach
- 53:31Cost analysis tools
- 54:35Summary
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