AWS - Cost Optimization
You want to create a budget that alerts you when your monthly EC2 usage exceeds 500 hours and also detect unusual cost spikes for EC2. Which combination of AWS services should you use?
You want to create a budget that alerts you when your monthly EC2 usage exceeds 500 hours and also detect unusual cost spikes for EC2. Which combination of AWS services should you use?
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Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
Step 1: Identify service for usage threshold alerts
AWS Budgets can alert on usage thresholds like EC2 hours.Step 2: Identify service for detecting unusual cost spikes
AWS Cost Anomaly Detection automatically finds unusual cost patterns.Step 3: Verify other options
Cost Explorer shows data but no alerts; CloudTrail logs API calls; Trusted Advisor checks best practices.Final Answer:
AWS Budgets for usage threshold and AWS Cost Anomaly Detection for cost spikes -> Option CQuick Check:
Budgets + Anomaly Detection = Usage + cost alerts [OK]
Quick Trick: Use Budgets for usage, Anomaly Detection for cost spikes [OK]
Common Mistakes:
- Mixing Cost Explorer with alerts
- Using CloudTrail for cost monitoring
- Swapping Budgets and Anomaly Detection roles
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