cost-optimization

Strategies and patterns for optimizing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Implement systematic cost optimization strategies to reduce cloud spending while maintaining performance and reliability. Reference: See references/tagging-standards.md - Reduce cloud spending - Right-size resources - Implement cost governance - Optimize multi-cloud costs - Meet budget constraints - Implement cost allocation tags - Use cloud cost management tools - Set up budget alerts - Create cost dashboards - Analyze resource utilization - Downsize over-provisioned resources - Use auto-scaling - Remove idle resources - Use reserved capacity - Leverage spot/preemptible instances - Implement savings plans - Use committed use discounts - Use managed services - Implement caching - Optimize data transfer - Use lifecycle policies - 1 or 3 year terms - Up to 72% savings - Flexible sizing - Exchangeable - Use existing Windows Server licenses - Up to 80% savings with RI - Available for Windows and SQL Server - Right-size VMs - Delete unused resources - Use reserved capacity - Optimize storage - 1 or 3 year commitment - Up to 57% savings - Applies to vCPUs and memory - Resource-based or spend-based - Automatic discounts - Up to 30% for running instances - No commitment required - Applies to Compute Engine, GKE - Up to 80% savings - 24-hour maximum runtime - Best for batch workloads - AWS Cost Anomaly...