This module covers fundamentals of AWS support plans, elements of pricing for several key services, as well as AWS Architecting, which includes the Well-Architected Framework and reference architectures for Fault Tolerance & High Availability and Web Hosting.

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Module 5:
AWS pricing, support and architecting
Navjot Singh
Technical Trainer
AWS

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How do you pay for AWS?

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Pay as you go
On premises/co-location AWS
UNDERUTILIZATION
Only pay for what you use

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Save when you reserve: Reserved Instances
• Save up to 75 percent over
equivalent on-demand capacity
NURI PURI AURI
EC2
instance
• Choose
• No upfront payments (NURI)
• Partial up-front (PURI)
• All up-front (AURI)

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Use more, pay less
Automatic volume-based discounts

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Pricing concepts
Compute Storage Data transfer
• Charged per
hour/second*
• Varies by instance
type
*Linux only
• Charged typically
per GB
• Outbound is aggregated
and charged
• Inbound has no charge
(with some exceptions)
• Charged typically
per GB

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Different services are priced differently
Amazon
EC2
Amazon
S3
Amazon
EBS
AWS
CloudFormation

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Amazon EC2: Four purchase types
On-Demand instances
• Charged per hour/second*
• Short-term
• Unpredictable workloads
Reserved instances
• Discount for 1 to 3 year
commitments
• Applications with steady
state usage
Dedicated hosts
• Physical server dedicated to
you
• Applications with specific
compliance requirements
Spot instances
• Spare AWS capacity for up to
90% discount
• Applications with flexible start
and end times
• Urgent computing needs for
large amounts of capacity

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Amazon EBS pricing model
Volumes Snapshots Data transfer
• Charged by GB
provisioned/month
• Varies by volume type
• Charged by space
consumed in Amazon S3
• Charged for volume
copied across regions
• Inbound data
transfer is free
• Outbound data
transfer charges
are tiered

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Amount of data transferred
out of the region
Amount of data transferred
out of the region
Amount of data transferred
out of the region
Amazon S3 pricing model
Amount of storage used
Region Storage class
Number and type of requests
(GET, PUT, COPY)
Amount of data transferred
out of the region

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AWS services with no additional charge
Amazon
VPC
Auto
scaling
Elastic
Beanstalk
AWS
CloudFormation
AWS Identity
and Access
management (IAM)

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Cost estimating tools

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AWS free tier
Enables you to gain free hands-on experience with
the AWS platform, products, and services.

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AWS simple monthly calculator
• Estimate your monthly bill
• Per-service cost breakdown
• Aggregate monthly estimate
• Provides common customer examples

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Analyzing with AWS cost explorer
Get started
quickly
Set custom
intervals
Filter/group
data
Forecast cost
and usage
Save
progress
Access data
programmatically

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What is Trusted Advisor?
A service providing guidance to help you reduce cost,
increase performance, and improve security

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AWS support

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Support plan overview
Customer service
Support forums
Service health checks
Documentation,
whitepapers, and
best-practice guides
Best-practice
guidance
Client-side
diagnostic tools
Building-block
architecture support
Use-case guidance
IAM for controlling
individuals' access to
AWS Support
Full AWS trusted advisor
An API for interacting
with support center
and Trusted Advisor
Third-party
software support
Application
architecture guidance
Infrastructure event
management
Technical Account
Manager (TAM)
White-glove
case routing
Management
business reviews

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The AWS well-architected framework

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What is the well-architected framework?
A guide for designing
infrastructures that are:
• Secure
• High-performing
• Resilient
• Efficient
A systematic approach
to evaluating and
implementing
architectures
Established best
practices developed
through lessons
learned by working
with customers

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Five pillars of the framework
Operational
excellence Security Reliability Performance
efficiency
Cost
optimization

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Example: Improving availability with Elastic Load Balancing
Web
Server
App
Server
DB
Server
Web
Server
App
Server
DB
Server
Elastic Load
Balancing
Availability Zone A
Availability Zone B
Replicated data
AWS Cloud

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Example: Web application hosting
Amazon
Route 53
Amazon
CloudFront
Amazon
RDS
Amazon RDS
Replication
S3
Resources
Elastic Load
Balancing
App servers
App servers
Availability Zone A
Web servers
Web servers
Availability Zone B
Auto Scaling
AWS Cloud
EC2
Auto ScalingAuto Scaling
Auto Scaling
EC2
EC2EC2

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Your path to success

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Increased employee
engagement
Faster
time-to-market
Lower
business risk
Increased
profitability
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …
Achieve your AWS cloud ROI

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Increased employee
engagement
80% faster to
adopt cloud*
Lower
business risk
Increased
profitability
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report
Achieve your AWS cloud ROI
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …

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Increased employee
engagement
80% faster to
adopt cloud*
Lower
business risk
4.7x more likely to
improve IT staff
productivity*
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report
Achieve your AWS cloud ROI
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …

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Increased employee
engagement
80% faster to
adopt cloud*
4.4x more likely to
overcome operational
and performance
concerns*
4.7x more likely to
improve IT staff
productivity*
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report
Achieve your AWS cloud ROI
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …

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30% increased
employee satisfaction,
leading to retention
80% faster to
adopt cloud*
4.4x more likely to
overcome operational
and performance
concerns*
4.7x more likely to
improve IT staff
productivity*
*Source: IDC White Paper, sponsored by AWS, Train to Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy, October 2017
~Source: 2018 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report
Achieve your AWS cloud ROI
AWS Training and Certification leads to measurable results …

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Training developed by the experts at AWS
https://www.aws.training
Classroom training
In-person and virtual training
from instructors who teach your
team in a hands-on learning
environment
Digital training
Free, on-demand courses so your
team can learn about the latest
services when and where it’s
convenient
AWS certification
Identify skilled professionals
to lead cloud initiatives
using AWS

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AWS learning paths

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Over 400 courses to help you build new cloud skills
Free on-demand digital courses AWS classroom training
https://www.aws.training

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AWS certification
Professional
Two years of comprehensive
experience designing, operating,
and troubleshooting solutions
using the AWS Cloud
Associate
One year of experience solving
problems and implementing
solutions using the AWS Cloud
Foundational
Six months of fundamental AWS
Cloud and industry knowledge
Specialty
Technical AWS Cloud experience
in the Specialty domain as
specified in the exam guide

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How to prepare for AWS certification
Learn more: aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/

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