Guide for Storage Breakout Session Aug-18-22
How to analyze their storage usage data to identify and evaluate opportunities for cost optimization, estimate the possible cost savings, and formulate a plan to realize those opportunities.
An AWS Subject Matter instructs each attending company how to analyze their storage usage data to identify and evaluate opportunities for cost optimization, estimate the possible cost savings, and formulate a plan to realize those opportunities. Main topics:
- Simple Storage Service (S3): how to select the most cost-effective storage tier – using Intelligent Tiering and S3 Analytics/LifeCycle policies; use of Elastic File System (EFS) and FSx (file storage); Versioning strategy, Replication strategy.
- Elastic Block Storage (EBS): how to select the most cost-effective type of volume, how to identify unattached/underutilized EBS volumes, how to identify obsolete EBS SnapShots, how to manage EBS snapshots, size and optimize EBS volumes.