If you're purchasing #RI in your @awscloud account, the most important field in your Cost and Usage Report is:
reservation/reservationeffectivecost
This field calculates hourly costs + amortized upfront fees for every instance.
Unblended vs Blended rates
- Blended = an AVERAGE for each sku
- Unblended rates show you the ACTUAL cost for that time period.
Stick to unblended if you want to see your real costs.
#SRE#DevOps
@awscloud Spot Instances ... love them or hate them?
Big discounts and inconsistent availability. The perfect combination for engineers trying to build resilient architectures.
Read more here: https://t.co/SkGFwzfraJ
There are 2 ways you create cost in #AWS:
1. Turning on resources
2. The way you UTILIZE those resources
If you don't understand both, you're going to be surprised by cost spikes.
One of the biggest cost categories for #AWS customers is conveniently called "EC2-Other". If only we knew what we were being charged for...
Macroscope's @BrianPRegan broke down EC2-Other in the most recent blog post. Check it out!
https://t.co/rkVhcorNy2
Why is #sqlite3 the best for AWS cost analysis?
- It's free
- It's powerful (can analyze MONTHS of data at once)
- ANY engineer will know how to use it.
What is the @devawscosts?
Developers, #devops, and #sre waste time trying to understand their @awscloud costs.
These guides show you how to find the costs using #SQL so you never have to use cost explorer ever again.
https://t.co/m6MGhlAXWp