Cost Optimization
What are the Best AWS S3 Usage Best Practices?
Data stored in AWS S3 (Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service) storage is highly useful. AWS storage offers numerous benefits such as high availability, scalability, and cost savings. As a result, any organization migrating its operations to the cloud or that are already using the cloud infrastructure should pay attention to S3 storage. The widespread…
What Are the Common Threats to AWS Management?
AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a handy platform for organizations looking for digital transformation. The service provides seamless data access, scalable resources, and reliable cloud infrastructure. Security on AWS is a shared responsibility between Amazon Web Services and the user. AWS secures the infrastructure for the platform, but the users should ensure proper configurations for…
AWS Management Tools: Which Cloud Management Tools Should You Use to Manage Your AWS?
As more organizations experience digital transformation, AWS (Amazon Web Services) provides a secure, reliable, and scalable platform where they can build and deploy workloads in the cloud. Such organizations need various cloud management tools for their enterprise needs. AWS cloud management is an intricate process, and without proper tools, it can become overwhelmingly complex. To…
Set up Your AWS Billing with nOps
Understanding your AWS (Amazon Web Services) billing is key to optimizing your business costs. nOps helps organizations to set up billing to keep track of their usage. Adopt nOps today to gain visibility into your Instances, S3 (Simple Storage Service) storage, EBS (Elastic Block Store) volumes, and any other AWS resources you have adopted in…
EC2 Pricing: How Much Does AWS EC2 Really Cost?
Finding exact prices for AWS EC2 is not easy. The difficulty arises because several factors determine the price. Costs in the Europe AWS zone may not be the same as those in the Asia Pacific zone. AWS EC2 provides a scalable and secure cloud platform for organizations to manage their workloads. This platform has various…
How to Use AWS Tags to Manage Your Cloud Resources
In AWS, tags are a way of defining specific rules. These rules can help in creating permissions, tracking cloud resources, and even optimizing costs. Without tags and tag policies, it wouldn’t be possible to gain deep visibility into the cloud. For a tag to be effective, it must have a key and a value attached…
Understanding AWS EC2 Pricing for Instances with nOps
AWS EC2 pricing for instances includes AWS Free Tier, Spot Instances, On-Demand Instances, and Dedicated Hosts. If you’re just starting with AWS, you may find these options overwhelming. Regardless of your pricing option, AWS guarantees a secure and customizable virtual machine for its Elastic Compute Cloud. Here’s why you should use AWS EC2: Advantages of…
Optimizing AWS Cloud Costs for Workloads with nOps
Have you tried using AWS tools to cut cloud costs? The AWS Marketplace has thousands of tools claiming to help you cut cloud costs. But some cost-cutting operations could easily downgrade performance. nOps is a handy SaaS cloud cost optimization tool that monitors, analyzes, and modifies workloads without minimizing performance. While most tools have basic…
Five Things to Consider When Using AWS Spot Instances
AWS Spot Instances allow users to benefit from spare capacity in the cloud. AWS sells the spare capacity through a concept known as Spot pricing. Because spare capacity is subject to interferences, AWS has heavy discounts on Spot prices. Here are five things a cloud engineer should consider when using AWS Spot Instances: 1. Spot…
How to Use AWS Savings Plans to Reduce Your Cloud Costs
AWS Savings Plans help cloud users to save more from their AWS budgets. Anyone can save significant amounts using ordinary pricing plans and discounted offers. However, it’s equally important to note the difference between pricing models and Savings Plans. Discounted offers are usually temporary and can be as short as a one-month free trial. AWS’…