understanding your aws account Flashcards
what is the free tier?
AWS offers a generous Free Tier for the first 12 months after opening a new account. Under the Free Tier, you can freely experiment with light versions of most AWS services without being billed.
what is available under the free tier? Hint: there are two kinds.
12 month free services
always available for free services
why is product pricing important?
you’ll need to understand how AWS bills for each of the services you’re considering, and you’ll need to know how to quickly get your hands on accurate pricing information.
what are the two online calculators aws provides?
aws simple monthly calculator
aws total cost of ownership calculator
what does the aws simple monthly calculator calculate?
help you understand what running any combination of AWS resources will cost you
what does the aws total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator calculate?
compare what you’re currently paying for on-premises servers with what the same workload would cost on AWS
what are service limits?
AWS imposes limits on the scope of resources you can use
what are the two components to aws’s cost and billing management?
aws billing dashboard
aws budgets
what are the three budget types?
cost budget
usage budget
reservation budget
the budget setup process has two steps, what are they?
Set the terms of your budget—meaning, what it is that you’re tracking.
Define how and when you want alerts sent.
what are the components to managing your costs in aws?
cost explorer
cost and usage reports
cost allocation tags
what are two kinds of cost allocation tags?
resource tags
cost allocation tags
what are aws organizations?
allows you to centralize the administration of multiple AWS accounts owned or controlled by a single company; able to control the allocation of resource permissions, security, and spending from a single pane of glass is a big deal
