AWS Compute Optimizer is a service that analyzes your EC2 instances and provides recommendations to optimize their performance and cost. It helps you identify underutilized instances, rightsize your instances, and choose the most cost-effective instance types.
Prerequisites
- An AWS account
- Running EC2 instances
Step-by-Step Guide
1. Enable Compute Optimizer
- Launch Compute Optimizer: In the AWS Management Console, search for "Compute Optimizer" and launch the service.
- Enable Compute Optimizer: Enable Compute Optimizer for your account.
2. View Recommendations
- View Recommendations: After Compute Optimizer analyzes your EC2 instances, you can view the recommendations in the console.
3. Analyze Recommendations
- Analyze Recommendations: Review the recommendations provided by Compute Optimizer. The recommendations will include suggestions for rightsizing instances, choosing more cost-effective instance types, and optimizing instance configurations.
4. Take Action
- Take Action: Based on the recommendations, you can take the following actions:
- Rightsize Instances: Modify the instance type of underutilized instances.
- Optimize Configurations: Adjust instance configurations (e.g., CPU credits, memory, storage) to improve performance and cost-efficiency.
- Choose More Cost-Effective Instances: Select more cost-effective instance types for your workloads.
5. Monitor and Refine
- Monitor and Refine: Continuously monitor your EC2 instances and refine your optimization strategies based on the recommendations provided by Compute Optimizer.
Additional Considerations
- Custom Metrics: Provide custom metrics to Compute Optimizer for more accurate recommendations.
- Scheduling: Schedule Compute Optimizer to analyze your instances at regular intervals.
- Integration: Integrate Compute Optimizer with other AWS services like CloudWatch and Cost Explorer for comprehensive monitoring and cost analysis.
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