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Beginner 15 min
Cloud Cost Optimization
Right-sizing, reserved instances, spot instances, and waste elimination. Stop burning money on unused resources.
“The cloud is just someone else's computer. And someone else's computer has a very aggressive billing department.”
What you'll learn
Right-sizingReserved instancesSpot instancesStorage tiersIdle resources
Right-sizing is the single biggest savings lever. Most cloud workloads are over-provisioned by 2-4x. Use cloud provider monitoring (AWS Compute Optimizer, Azure Advisor) to find oversized instances.
Reserved instances (1 or 3 year commitment) save 30-60% vs on-demand. Do this for baseline, always-on workloads. Spot instances (80-90% off) for fault-tolerant, stateless workloads.