6Cost and Performance Optimization

• 6.1Cost Visibility and Management

  Understand cost management ops: visualization/analysis with Cost Explorer, budget alerts with Budgets, cost allocation tags and the Cost and Usage Report (CUR), and consolidated billing in Organizations. The starting point for "Cost and Performance Optimization" in SOA-C02.

• 6.2Resource and Performance Optimization

  Understand right-sizing with Compute Optimizer, pricing models (Savings Plans / Reserved / Spot), and optimizing performance/cost with caching and storage tiers.

• 6.3In-scope services for cost/performance optimization and integration

  A roundup of in-scope SOA-C03 services for cost/performance optimization and integration—cost management, right-sizing, and messaging.